Benjamin Franklin’s wit and wisdom as tweets

This is related to my post, Tweeting wisdom of the ages, attempting to debunk the notion that something less than 140 characters must be shallow. These are quotations from Benjamin Franklin that would fit in tweets:

A penny saved is a penny earned.

A small leak can sink a great ship.

Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.

The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.

There was never a good war, or a bad peace.

We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.

Well done is better than well said.

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