He that can have patience can have what he will.

Our opinions are not in our own power; they are formed and governed much by circumstances that are often as inexplicable as they are irresistible.

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

When there is so much to be done for yourself, your family, and your country, be up by peep of day! Let not the sun look down and say, ‘Inglorious here he lies!

He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.

No nation was ever ruined by trade.

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

Security without liberty is called prison.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

You may delay, but time will not.

Tell me, and I forget, teach me, and I may remember, involve me, and I learn.

I didn’t fail the test; I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.

An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Never confuse Motion with Action.

Work as if you were to live a thousand years, play as if you were to die tomorrow.

Words may show a man’s wit, actions his meaning.