Well done is better than well said.
You may delay, but time will not.
In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.
If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.
I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong.
Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.
Were I a Roman Catholic, perhaps I should on this occasion vow to build a chapel to some saint, but as I am not, if I were to vow at all, it should be to build a light-house. [Letter to his wife, 17 July 1757, after narrowly avoiding a shipwreck; often misquoted as "Lighthouses are more helpful than churches."]
Anger is never without Reason, but seldom with a good One.
Who is wise? He that learns from every One. Who is powerful? He that governs his Passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.