All Benjamin Franklin Quotes
- Creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times. Creditors
- An education is the investment with the greatest returns. Education
- Praise to the undeserving is severe satire. Flattery
- Historians relate not so much what is done as what they would have believed. Believed
- To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light. Blind
- Necessity knows no law; I know some attorneys of the same. Attorney
- Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough, always proves little enough. Always Proves
- He that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honor. Calling
- Wise men learn by others' harms, fools scarcely by their own. Fool
- You cannot always run from a weakness. You must sometime fight it out or perish. Always Run
- Vice knows she is ugly, so puts on her mask. Mask
- Keep conscience clear, then never fear. Clear
- Take one thing with another, and the world is a pretty good sort of a world, and it is our duty to make the best… Best
- The rotten apple spoils his companion. Apple
- The things which hurt, instruct. Hurt
- The cat in gloves catches no mice. Cat
- What vast additions to the conveniences and comforts of living might mankind have acquired, if the money spent in wars had been employed in works… Acquired
- If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will… All
- A man is sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps through fear of being thought to… Fear
- I am lord of myself, accountable to none. Accountability
- Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep. Corn
- The proof of gold is fire... Fire
- A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contently. Cheerfully
- A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather. Cheerful
- So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry… Add