Cunning proceeds from want of capacity.

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.

Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended, Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, "A republic, if you can keep it."

He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.

A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone.

The US Constitution only guarantees your rights as a citizen, it doesn't guarantee happiness. It may take work, but if you have your rights, happiness is very possible.

Man is a tool-making animal