Should Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

We should make the poor uncomfortable and kick them out of poverty.

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

He that would travel much, should eat little.

— Benjamin Franklin

He that sows thorns should never go barefoot.

— Benjamin Franklin

Little boats should keep near shore

— Benjamin Franklin

If you, do what you should not, you must bear what you would not.

— Benjamin Franklin

Cheese and salt meat, should be sparingly eat.

— Benjamin Franklin

Pity and forbearance should characterize all acts of justice.

— Benjamin Franklin

Avarice and Happiness never saw each other, how then should they become acquainted?

— Benjamin Franklin

O Lazy bones! Dost thou think God would have given thee arms and legs, if he had not design'd thou should'st use…

— Benjamin Franklin

The only time a question should be asked is when all other possibilities of finding the answer for yourself have been eliminated.

— Benjamin Franklin

The church, the state, and the poor, are 3 daughters which we should maintain, but not portion off.

— Benjamin Franklin

Men differ daily about things which are subject to sense, is it likely then they should agree about things invisible.

— Benjamin Franklin

It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.

— Benjamin Franklin

A traveller should have a hog's nose, a deer's legs, and an ass's back.

— Benjamin Franklin

If all but myself were blind, I should want neither a fine house nor fine furniture.

— Benjamin Franklin

That the vegetable creation should restore the air which is spoiled by the animal part of it, looks like a rational system,…

— Benjamin Franklin

A perfect character might be attended with the inconvenience of being envied and hated; and that a benevolent man should allow a…

— Benjamin Franklin

Often I sit up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening…

— Benjamin Franklin

It is much to be lamented that a man of Franklin's general good character and great influence should have been an unbeliever…

— Benjamin Franklin

It might be judged an affront to your understanding should I go about to prove this first principle; the existence of a…

— Benjamin Franklin

A man is not completely born until he is dead. Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among…

— 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

Masonic ideas are the precious jewels of Speculative Masons; the should be kept bright and sparkling for all the brethren to see…

— Benjamin Franklin

It is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into…

— Benjamin Franklin

If the new Universal History were also read, it would give a connected idea of human affairs, so far as it goes,…

— Benjamin Franklin

“In reality there is perhaps no one of our natural Passions so hard to subdue as Pride. Disguise it, struggle with it,…

— Benjamin Franklin

Chess teaches foresight, by having to plan ahead; vigilance, by having to keep watch over the whole chess board; caution, by having…

— Benjamin Franklin

I think that a young state, like a young virgin, should modestly stay at home, and wait the application of suitors for…

— Benjamin Franklin

I have so much faith in the general government of the world by Providence that I can hardly conceive a transaction of…

— Benjamin Franklin

The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the…

— Benjamin Franklin

To expect people to be good, to be just, to be temperate, etc., without showing them how they should become so, seems…

— Benjamin Franklin

The electrical matter consists of particles extremely subtile, since it can permeate common matter, even the densest metals, with such ease and…

— Benjamin Franklin

Great talkers should be cropt, for they've no need of ears.

— Benjamin Franklin

Why should I give my Readers bad lines of my own when good ones of other People's are so plenty?

— Benjamin Franklin

As we benefit from the inventions of others, we should be glad to share our own ... freely and gladly.

— Benjamin Franklin

We are all born without knowledge, but curious. With curiosity we should be able to learn as much as possible. With curiosity,…

— Benjamin Franklin

If anyone should doubt whether the electrical matter passes through the substance of bodies, or only over along their surfaces, a shock…

— Benjamin Franklin

That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer, is a Maxim that has been…

— Benjamin Franklin

As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any…

— Benjamin Franklin