“If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”

“One today is worth two tomorrows.”

“I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep.”

“We shall rise refreshed in the morning.”

“We need a revolution every 200 years, because all governments become stale and corrupt after 200 years.”

“The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity.”

“Security without liberty is called prison.”

“The best of all medicines are rest and fasting.”

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”

“It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be much less frequent.”

“The most trifling actions of a man, in my opinion, as well as the smallest features and lineaments of the face give a nice observer some notion of his mind.”

“He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.”

“I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else.”

“Common sense is something that everyone needs, few have, and none think they lack.”

“Most men die from the neck up at age twenty-five because they stop dreaming.”

“The ancients tell us what is best; but we must learn of the moderns what is fittest.”

“I don’t believe in stereotypes. I prefer to hate people on a more personal basis.”

“To lengthen thy Life, lessen thy Meals.”

“Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.”

“Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.”

“Employ your time well, if you mean to get leisure.”

“Well done is better than well said.”

“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”

“If you would know the value of money, go try to borrow some; for he that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.”