An ounce of wit that is bought, Is worth a pound that is taught. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Some books we read, tho' few there are that hit the happy point where wisdom joins with wit. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“I have already made this paper too long, for which I must crave pardon, not having now time to make it shorter.” — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
You have on hand those things that you need if you have but the wit and wisdom to use them. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
The man that walks wit crowd, will get no farther than the crowd. The man that walks alone, will reach places unknown. — 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
