Singularity in the right hath ruined many; happy those who are convinced of the general opinion. – Benjamin Franklin
He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor. – Benjamin Franklin
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. – Benjamin Franklin
We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acquiring information. – Benjamin Franklin