Poor richard Quotes by Benjamin Franklin · Page 4

A word to the wise is enough, and many words won't fill a bushel.

— Benjamin Franklin

Life with Fools consists in Drinking; with the wise Man, living's Thinking.

— Benjamin Franklin

Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason.

— Benjamin Franklin

The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom spun too fine.

— Benjamin Franklin

You can not pluck roses without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns.

— Benjamin Franklin

The poor man must walk to get meat for his stomach, the rich man to get a stomach to his meat.

— Benjamin Franklin

The cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone.

— Benjamin Franklin

All things are cheap to the saving, dear to the wasteful

— Benjamin Franklin

Get what you can, and what you get hold; 'tis the Stone that will turn all your Lead into Gold.

— Benjamin Franklin

“Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee. Poor Richard”

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

What signifies knowing the Names, if you know not the Natures of things.

— Benjamin Franklin

When Knaves betray each other, one can scarce be blamed or the other pitied.

— Benjamin Franklin

At the working man’s house, hunger looks in but dares not enter.

— Benjamin Franklin

He that is rich need not live sparingly, and he that can live sparingly need not be rich.

— Benjamin Franklin

Speak with contempt of none, from slave to king, The meanest Bee hath, and will use, a sting.

— Benjamin Franklin

Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all things easy.

— Benjamin Franklin

Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows.

— Benjamin Franklin

If you ride a horse, sit close and tight, if you ride a man, sit easy and light.

— Benjamin Franklin

He that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and lets the other go.

— Benjamin Franklin

A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.

— Benjamin Franklin

The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense.

— Benjamin Franklin

He that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honor.

— Benjamin Franklin

He that pays for work before it's done, has but a pennyworth for two pence.

— Benjamin Franklin

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.

— Benjamin Franklin

Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance.

— Benjamin Franklin

Women and wine, game and deceit, make the wealth small, and the want great

— Benjamin Franklin

There is much difference between imitating a good man and counterfeiting him.

— Benjamin Franklin

An honest Man will receive neither Money nor Praise that is not his due.

— Benjamin Franklin

A Man of Knowledge like a rich Soil, feeds If not a world of Corn, a world of Weeds.

— Benjamin Franklin

The noblest question in the world is: 'What good may I do in it?'

— Benjamin Franklin

As sore places meet most rubs, proud folks meet most affronts.

— Benjamin Franklin

Mary's mouth cost her nothing for she never opens it but at others' expense.

— Benjamin Franklin

If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.

— Benjamin Franklin

Many would live by their Wits, but break for want of Stock.

— Benjamin Franklin