Benjamin Franklin

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.

Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.