Founding Fathers of the United States. Author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.
The best doctor gives the least medicines. – Benjamin Franklin
Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead. – Benjamin Franklin
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. – Benjamin Franklin
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight. – Benjamin Franklin
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest. – Benjamin Franklin
A penny saved is a penny earned. – Benjamin Franklin
Many people die at twenty five and aren’t buried until they are seventy five. – Benjamin Franklin
At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the judgement. – Benjamin Franklin
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one. – Benjamin Franklin
Wise men don’t need advice. Fools won’t take it. – Benjamin Franklin
A countryman between two lawyers is just like a fish between two cats. – Benjamin Franklin
Time is money. – Benjamin Franklin
Nine men in ten are would be suicides. – Benjamin Franklin
Beauty and folly are old companions. – Benjamin Franklin
Fish and visitors smell in three days. – Benjamin Franklin
Remember that time is money. – Benjamin Franklin
You may delay, but time will not. – Benjamin Franklin
Lost time is never found again. – Benjamin Franklin
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it. – Benjamin Franklin
Promises may fit the friends, but non- performance will turn them into enemies. – Benjamin Franklin
Lighthouses are more helpful than churches. – Benjamin Franklin
Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor. – Benjamin Franklin
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. – Benjamin Franklin
Never confuse motion with action. – Benjamin Franklin
The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands. – Benjamin Franklin
Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well. – Benjamin Franklin
If everyone is thinking alike, then no one is thinking. – Benjamin Franklin
I don’t believe in stereotypes. I prefer to hate people on a more personal basis. – Benjamin Franklin
Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are. – Benjamin Franklin
Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is. – Benjamin Franklin
The greatest thing about the internet is that you can quote something and just totally make up the source. – Benjamin Franklin
Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease. – Benjamin Franklin
Originality is the art of concealing your sources. – Benjamin Franklin
Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. – Benjamin Franklin
It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth. – Benjamin Franklin
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice. – Benjamin Franklin
A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. -Benjamin Franklin
Little strokes fell great oaks. – Benjamin Franklin
Diligence is the mother of good luck. – Benjamin Franklin
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. – Benjamin Franklin
He that cannot obey, cannot command. – Benjamin Franklin
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. – Benjamin Franklin
Security without liberty is called prison. – Benjamin Franklin
Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one. – Benjamin Franklin
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. – Benjamin Franklin
I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things. – Benjamin Franklin
If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins. – Benjamin Franklin
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. – Benjamin Franklin
Don’t judge men’s wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance. – Benjamin Franklin
Hunger is the best pickle. – Benjamin Franklin
A ship under sail and a big-bellied woman, Are the handsomest two things that can be seen common. – Benjamin Franklin
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse. – Benjamin Franklin
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as than being unwilling to learn. – Benjamin Franklin
Hold your council before dinner; the full belly hates thinking as well as acting. – Benjamin Franklin
Observe all men; thy self most. – Benjamin Franklin
I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning. – Benjamin Franklin
Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy. – Benjamin Franklin
There have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous. – Benjamin Franklin
If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading or do things worth writing. – Benjamin Franklin
Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt. – Benjamin Franklin
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