You can not pluck roses without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Fear not death; for the sooner we die, the longer shall we be immortal. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Taxes are indeed very heavy - We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness. Three times as much by our Pride.… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
If a man would reap praise, you must sow the seeds, gentle words and useful deeds. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“How much more than necessary do we spend in sleep, forgetting that the sleeping fox catches no poultry, and that there will… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
He that by the Plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
They who have nothing to trouble them, will be troubled at nothing. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
'Tis true there is much to be done, . . . but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects,… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The poor have little; beggars, none; the rich, too much; enough, not one. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Flowers are the alphabet of angels, whereby they write on the hills and fields mysterious truths. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
By heaven we understand a state of happiness infinite in degree, and endless in duration. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I have thought that wild flowers might be the alphabet of angels, — whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious truths, which it… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
How do you become better tomorrow? By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“But on the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it,… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The good particular men may do separately, in relieving the sick, is small, compared with what they may do collectively. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
