The first mistake in public business is the going into it. – Benjamin Franklin
A man may take as much exercise in walking a mile up and down stairs, as in ten on level ground. – Benjamin Franklin

The first mistake in public business is the going into it. – Benjamin Franklin
A man may take as much exercise in walking a mile up and down stairs, as in ten on level ground. – Benjamin Franklin
Happiness consists more in conveniences of pleasure that occur everyday than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom. – Benjamin Franklin
Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow. – Benjamin Franklin
I dont want to get into the whos a hostage-taker discussion here, but what is the estate tax? Its a double tax on death. Economists will tell you that its really not a tax that soaks the rich, but its a tax on capital that deprives business investment and therefore job creation. – Paul Ryan