He that can have patience can have what he will.
A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned
Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.
Well done is better than well said.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Were I a Roman Catholic, perhaps I should on this occasion vow to build a chapel to some saint, but as I am not, if I were to vow at all, it should be to build a light-house.[Letter to his wife, 17 July 1757, after narrowly avoiding a shipwreck; often misquoted as "Lighthouses are more helpful than churches."]
Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
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