A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.Benjamin Franklin
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.Benjamin Franklin
A little neglect may breed great mischief. . . . For want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; for want of a horse, the battle was lost; for want of the battle, the war was lost.Benjamin Franklin
A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors.Benjamin Franklin
A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave con-tently.Benjamin Franklin
All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.Benjamin Franklin
Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us.Benjamin Franklin
At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit and at forty, the judgment.Benjamin Franklin
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.Benjamin Franklin
