“Honesty is the best policy.”
“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”
“Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom – and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.”
“Genius without education is like silver in the mine.”
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
“Work as if you were to live a thousand years, play as if you were to die tomorrow.”
“It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.”
“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”
“Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.”
–Benjamin Franklin