Plough deep while sluggards sleep. – Benjamin Franklin
Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. – Benjamin Franklin
We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride and four times as much by our foolishness. – Benjamin Franklin
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse. – Benjamin Franklin
The human condition is such that pain and effort are not just symptoms which can be removed without changing life itself; they are the modes in which life itself, together with the necessity to which it is bound, makes itself felt. For mortals, the easy life of the gods would be a lifeless life. – Hannah Arendt