But the eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. If all but myself were blind, I should want neither fine clothes, fine houses nor fine furniture.
Benjamin FranklinTake one thing with another, and the world is a pretty good sort of a world, and it is our duty to make the best of it, and be thankful.
Benjamin FranklinFriends and neighbors complain that taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might the more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly.
Benjamin Franklin