Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy.

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.

Spare when young, and spend when old.

Doing your best means never stop trying.

If this lady is pleased to spend her days with Franklin, he would be just as pleased to spend his nights with her.

Do you sincerely declare that you love mankind in general, of what profession or religion soever? Do you think any person ought to be harmed in his body, name, or goods, for mere speculative opinions, or his external way of worship? Do you love truth for truth's sake; and will you endeavor impartially to find and receive it yourself, and communicate it to others.

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.