Benjamin Franklin

"Think of three Things: whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account."

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."

"Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. "

"As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence. "

"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. "

"Do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of. "

"Energy and persistence conquer all things. "

"Even peace may be purchased at too high a price. "

"Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other. "

"For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise. "