All Benjamin Franklin Quotes
- Private property ... is a Creature of Society, and is subject to the Calls of that Society, whenever its Necessities shall require it, even to… Benefit
- Do you love life? Then don't waste time, because time is life! Life
- If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his… Contribute
- The next thing most like living one's life over again seems to be a recollection of that life, and to make that recollection as durable… Down
- Industry need not wish, and he that lives upon hopes will die fasting. There are no gains without pains. He that hath a trade hath… Bailiff
- What is without us has no connection with happiness, only so far as the preservation of our lives and health depends upon it. . .… Connection
- Ben Franklin was a little stout later in life and it was said that in Paris a young woman, tapping him on his protruding abdomen,… Abdomen
- It is wonderful how preposterously the affairs of the world are managed. We assemble parliaments and councils to have the benefit of collected wisdom, but… Affair
- Remember, that six pounds a year is but a groat a day. Day
- He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night. All
- A penny saved is twopence dear; A pin a day 's a groat a year. Day
- On being asked what condition of man he considered the most pitiable: A lonesome man on a rainy day who does not know how to… Asked
- The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or at… Action
- The King's cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, 'tis made of the people's milk. Cheese
- I looked around for God's judgments, but saw no signs of them. Father
- I am the laziest man in the world. I invented all those things to save myself from toil. All
- A ship under sail and a big-bellied woman, Are the handsomest two things that can be seen common. Bellied
- Leisure is the time for doing something useful. Inspirational
- Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Best
- Families ought to be noisy. Families
- If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect. Appeal
- The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our… Admire
- Here Skugg lies snug As a bug in a rug. Bug
- Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Frugal
- Our whole life is but a greater and longer childhood. Childhood