All Benjamin Franklin Quotes
- Money is of a prolific generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more. Beget
- Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself. Expense
- What is best for people is what they do for themselves. Best
- Many complain of their memory, few of their judgment. Complain
- Constant dropping wears away stones Achievement
- If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self Enemies
- The nearest I can make it out, "Love your Enemies" means, "Hate your Friends" Enemies
- Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him. Enemies
- There is no little enemy Enemies
- Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors… Begin
- Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty, and supped with infamy. Breakfasted
- Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous Honor
- Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things All
- Force shites upon Reason's Back. Force
- Grief for a dead Wife, and a troublesome Guest, Continues to the threshold, and there is at rest; But I mean such wives as are… Best
- Nothing's so apt to undermine your confidence in a product as knowing that the commercial selling it has been approved by the company that makes… Approved
- Sloth and Silence are a Fool's Virtues Fool
- It was said of him that he did not say much, but that when he did everyone stopped to listen. Everyone
- There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies. Bellies
- I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed. Etc
- Everybody's human-everybody makes mistakes. If you laugh it off and keep going and try to give it your best the next time around, people respect… Around People
- Without justice, courage is weak. Courage
- Hope of gain lessens pain. Gain
- Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Health
- I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else. Anything Else