Littles Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

Much Virtue in Herbs, little in Men.

— Benjamin Franklin

Little rogues easily become great ones.

— Benjamin Franklin

There is no little enemy

— Benjamin Franklin

Little strokes fell great oaks.

— Benjamin Franklin

Speak little, do much.

— Benjamin Franklin

A little neglect may breed great mischief.

— Benjamin Franklin

Great talkers are little doers.

— Benjamin Franklin

Half-wits talk much, but say little.

— Benjamin Franklin

The poor have little; beggars, none; the rich, too much; enough, not one.

— Benjamin Franklin

Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith.

— Benjamin Franklin

A little Religion, and a little Honesty, goes a great way in Courts.

— Benjamin Franklin

He that would travel much, should eat little.

— Benjamin Franklin

All the little money that ever came into my hands was ever laid out in books.

— Benjamin Franklin

The things of this world take up too much of my time, of which indeed I have too little left, to undertake…

— Benjamin Franklin

A little House well fill'd, a little Field well till'd, and a little Wife well will'd, are great Riches.

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

A man is sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps through fear of…

— 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

Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough, always proves little enough.

— Benjamin Franklin

It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be much less…

— Benjamin Franklin

From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out…

— Benjamin Franklin

My father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read, and have since often regretted that,…

— Benjamin Franklin

Use now and then a little Exercise a quarter of an Hour before Meals, as to swing a Weight, or swing your…

— Benjamin Franklin

Hereafter, if you should observe an occasion to give your officers and friends a little more praise than is their due, and…

— Benjamin Franklin

If time be of all things most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality, since lost time is never found again;…

— Benjamin Franklin

I would advise you to read with a pen in your hand and enter in a little book short hints of what…

— Benjamin Franklin

The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes…

— Benjamin Franklin

A little sturdiness when superiors are much in the wrong sometimes occasions consideration. And there is truth in the old saying that…

— Benjamin Franklin

I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her…

— Benjamin Franklin

If time be of all things the most precious, wasting time must be, as Poor Richard says, “the greatest prodigality'; since, as…

— Benjamin Franklin

You must not, when you have gained a victory, use any triumphing or insulting expressions, nor show too much of the pleasure…

— Benjamin Franklin

I am on this account not displeased that the Figure is not known as a Bald Eagle, but looks more like a…

— Benjamin Franklin

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. This sentence was much…

— Benjamin Franklin

I firmly believe this ... that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better, than the builders…

— Benjamin Franklin

The colonies would gladly have borne the little tax on tea and other matters had it not been that England took away…

— Benjamin Franklin

Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a…

— Benjamin Franklin

Little boats should keep near shore

— Benjamin Franklin

Praise little, dispraise less.

— Benjamin Franklin

Great talkers, little doers.

— Benjamin Franklin

Little leaks sink the ship.

— Benjamin Franklin