Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow. – Benjamin Franklin
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. – Benjamin Franklin

Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow. – Benjamin Franklin
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. – 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
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. – Benjamin Franklin
The security comes, as an actor, in knowing that youre not in control. If you try to control your career, or how people perceive you, youll make yourself unhappy, because life doesnt work like that. So much is luck. Its much better to let yourself off, to think, Theres nothing I can do. – Matthew Macfadyen