Men Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

Men and Melons are hard to know.

— Benjamin Franklin

No man ever was glorious, who was not laborious.

— Benjamin Franklin

In a discreet man's mouth, a public thing is private.

— Benjamin Franklin

A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours.

— Benjamin Franklin

Women are books, and men the readers be...

— Benjamin Franklin

An old man in a house is a good sign.

— Benjamin Franklin

Why does the blind man's wife paint herself.

— Benjamin Franklin

Who judges best of a Man, his Enemies or himself?

— Benjamin Franklin

The busy man has few idle visitors; to the boiling pot the flies come not.

— Benjamin Franklin

The honest Man takes Pains, and then enjoys Pleasures; the knave takes Pleasure, and then suffers Pains.

— Benjamin Franklin

The greatest inventions are those inquiries which tend to increase the power of man over matter.

— Benjamin Franklin

A change of fortune hurts a wise man no more than a change of the moon.

— Benjamin Franklin

It is better to let 100 criminals go free than to imprison 1 innocent man.

— Benjamin Franklin

The most acceptable service of God is doing good to man.

— Benjamin Franklin

A wolf eats sheep but now and then, ten Thousands are devour'd by Men.

— Benjamin Franklin

Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a wig, and a wife.

— Benjamin Franklin

Marriage is the most natural state of man, and therefore the state in which one is most likely to find solid happiness.

— Benjamin Franklin

Dangerous, therefore, is it to take shelter under a tree, during a thunder-gust. It has been fatal to many, both men and…

— Benjamin Franklin

A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be…

— Benjamin Franklin

The longer I live the more convinced I become that God governs in the affairs of men. And have we now forgotten…

— Benjamin Franklin

I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse…

— Benjamin Franklin

In other men we faults can spy,/ And blame the mote that dims their eye;/ Each little speck and blemish find;/ To…

— Benjamin Franklin

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." He planned his routine around waking up at…

— Benjamin Franklin

A man is not completely born until he is dead. Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among…

— Benjamin Franklin

I have always thought that one man of tolerable abilities may work great changes, and accomplish great affairs among mankind, if he…

— Benjamin Franklin

A man can be beautiful physically, mentally, or personality wise. True beauty, though, is in the spirit. A genuine man who understands…

— Benjamin Franklin

The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the…

— Benjamin Franklin

If you wish information and improvement from the knowledge of others, and yet at the same time express yourself as firmly fix'd…

— Benjamin Franklin

In going on with these Experiments, how many pretty systems do we build, which we soon find ourselves oblig'd to destroy! If…

— Benjamin Franklin

The general policy of the past has been to drive, but the era of force must give way to that of knowledge,…

— Benjamin Franklin

Gentlemen, I have lived a long time and am convinced that God governs in the affairs of men. If a sparrow cannot…

— Benjamin Franklin

If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the…

— Benjamin Franklin

This modesty in a sect is perhaps a singular instance in the history of mankind, every other sect supposing itself in possession…

— Benjamin Franklin

Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated…

— Benjamin Franklin

I have lived, Sir, a long time and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth --…

— Benjamin Franklin

The good Education of Youth has been esteemed by wise Men in all Ages, as the surest Foundation of the Happiness both…

— Benjamin Franklin

There seem to be but three ways for a nation to acquire wealth. The first is by war, as the Romans did,…

— Benjamin Franklin

But the most dangerous Hypocrite in a Common-Wealth, is one who leaves the Gospel for the sake of the Law: A Man…

— Benjamin Franklin

Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom; and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of…

— Benjamin Franklin

The rapid progress of the sciences makes me sorry, at times, that I was born so soon. Imagine the power that man…

— Benjamin Franklin