Poor richard Quotes · Page 3

They who have nothing to trouble them, will be troubled at nothing.

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

A fine genius in his own country is like gold in the mine.

— Benjamin Franklin

Thou can'st not joke an enemy into a friend, but thou may'st a friend into an enemy.

— Benjamin Franklin

Tis against some mens principle to pay interest, and seems against others interest to pay the principle.

— Benjamin Franklin

Be civil to all; serviceable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.

— Benjamin Franklin

Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly.

— Benjamin Franklin

Cut the Wings of your Hens and Hopes, lest they lead you a weary Dance after them.

— Benjamin Franklin

When you are good to others, you are best to yourself.

— Benjamin Franklin

The ancients tell us what is best; but we must learn of the moderns what is fittest.

— Benjamin Franklin

If a man would reap praise, you must sow the seeds, gentle words and useful deeds.

— Benjamin Franklin

Creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times.

— Benjamin Franklin

An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught.

— Benjamin Franklin

In rivers and bad governments the lightest things swim at top.

— Benjamin Franklin

Hold your Council before Dinner; the full Belly hates Thinking as well as Acting.

— Benjamin Franklin

Against diseases here the strongest fence is the defensive vertue, Abstinence.

— Robert Herrick

Friendship cannot live with ceremony, nor without civility.

— E. F. L. Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax

Think What You Do When You Run in Debt: You Give to Another Power over Your Liberty

— Benjamin Franklin

He that drinks his Cyder alone, let him catch his Horse alone.

— Benjamin Franklin

He that doth what he should not, shall feel what he would not.

— Benjamin Franklin

None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.

— Benjamin Franklin

Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account.

— Benjamin Franklin

Neglect mending a small fault and 'twill soon be a great one.

— Benjamin Franklin

He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night.

— Benjamin Franklin

Quarrels never could last long, if on one side only lay the wrong.

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— 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

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

The horse thinks one thing and he that rides him another

— John Ray

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin