Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.
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Other Benjamin Franklin quotes:
Keep conscience clear, then never fear.
There is much difference between imitating a good man and counterfeiting him.
But the eyes of other people are the eyes that ruin us. If all but myself were blind, I should want neither fine clothes, fine houses nor fine furniture.
The busy man has few idle visitors; to the boiling pot the flies come not.
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
Anger warms the invention, but overheats the oven.
If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.
Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.
Despair ruins some, presumption many.
A lie stands on one leg, truth on two.
