Benjamin Franklin

Lying rides upon debt’s back.

Rather go to bed supperless, than rise in debt.

Time is the stuff life is made of.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.

Tis against some mens principle to pay interest, and seems against others interest to pay the principle.

Creditors have better memories than debtors.

The world’s crazy, when it comes to beauty.

Silence is so accurate.

We live by the Golden Rule. Those who have the gold make the rules.

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.

A mistake is to commit a misunderstanding.

Effective negotiators have a style that those whom they are trying to influence, relate to and admire.

Feelings are often born from the matrix of conditions beyond your control. Let them just pass through, like a cloud in the sky.

You’re braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

Success means different things in different parts of my life, but overall if I have to define ultimately what success means – the bottom line – then for me it’s if the family is healthy and happy.

Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat.

Heroism on command, senseless violence, and all the loathsome nonsense that goes by the name of patriotism — how passionately I hate them!

I feel like a fugitive from the law of averages.

The men of always aren’t interested in the children of never.

You gotta do what you love and really believe in it because that is your truth.

Let us not forget: I didn’t just wake up First Lady… I mean, I went to law school, I practised law, I worked for the city, I ran a nonprofit (and) I was an executive at a hospital. I’ve been in the world. I’ve worked in every sector, and you don’t do that without coming up against some stuff. You know, having your feelings hurt, having people say things about you that aren’t true… Life hits you, so over the course of living, you learn how to protect yourself in it. You learn to take in what you need and get rid of the stuff that’s clearly not true.