He that hath a trade hath an estate; and he that hath a calling hath a place of profit and honor. A… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I have no private interest in the reception of my inventions by the world, having never made, nor proposed to make, the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no persuasion move thee, to do anything which thou knowest to be evil;… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
There cannot be a stronger natural right than that of a man's making the best profit he can of the natural produce… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Remember, that money is of the prolific, generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more, and so on.… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Industry need not wish, and he that lives upon hopes will die fasting. There are no gains without pains. He that hath… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Strangers are welcome because there is room enough for them all, and therefore the old Inhabitants are not jealous of them; the… — 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