All Benjamin Franklin Quotes
- Never ruin an apology with an excuse. Advice
- While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us. Able
- Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle. Candle
- The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read. Day
- I believe in one God, Creator of the Universe in that He ought to be whipped from pilar to post and back again for His… Action
- Thinking aloud is a habit which is responsible for most of mankind's misery. Aloud
- It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority. Authority
- To be humble to superiors is a duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness. Courtesy
- Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man. Book
- The purpose of money was to purchase one's freedom to pursue that which is useful and interesting. Freedom
- So convenient a thing to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for every thing one has a… Convenient
- The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. Criticism
- There cannot be good living where there is not good drinking. Drinking
- Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are. Humanity
- When the well is dry, we know the worth of water. Dry
- When you're testing to see how deep water is, never use two feet. Deep
- To cease to think creatively is to cease to live Cease
- God heals, and the doctor takes the fees. Doctor
- Those things that hurt, instruct. Emotion
- You have on hand those things that you need if you have but the wit and wisdom to use them. Hand
- Without Freedom of thought there can be no such thing as wisdom;and no such thing as public liberty, without freedom of speech. Free Speech
- In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria. Alcohol
- When nature gave us tears, She gave us leave to weep. Funny
- Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none. All
- Liberality is not giving much, but giving wisely. Funny