Among the numerous luxuries of the table…coffee may be considered as one of the most valuable. It excites cheerfulness without intoxication; and the pleasing flow of spirits which it occasions…is never followed by sadness, languor or debility. – Benjamin Franklin
He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities. – Benjamin Franklin
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. – Benjamin Franklin
Marriage is the most natural state of man, and… the state in which you will find solid happiness. – Benjamin Franklin
The trouble with tea is that originally it was quite a good drink. So a group of the most eminent British scientists put their heads together, and made complicated biological experiments to find a way of spoiling it. To the eternal glory of British science their labor bore fruit. – George Mikes