Benjamin Franklin: “Industry and constant employment are great preservatives of the morals and virtue of a nation.”

To strangers he was cold and reserved; but where he was intimate, no man indulged to more pleasantry and good humour.

It is comfortable to have a good opinion of one's self, and of every thing that belongs to us, to think one's own religion, king, and wife, the best of all possible wives, kings, and religions.

I wish old England were as happy in its government, but I do not see it.

But if I were in his place, and not otherwise instructed, I should be apt to say, Take your own time, gentlemen.