Benjamin Franklin

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

If you desire many things, many things will seem few.

The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

There will be a great loss of learning before the moon's full cycle is completed. Fire and floods will be fomented by ignorant rulers; much time will go by before it is rectified.