All Benjamin Franklin Quotes
- Love well, whip well. Inspirational
- When you are good to others, you are best to yourself. Best
- But they have two other Rights; those of sitting when they please, and as long as they please, in which methinks they have the advantage… Advantage
- A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy - "A republic," replied the Doctor, "if you can… Asked
- Rich widows are the only secondhand goods that sell at first-class prices. Class
- And as to the Cares, they are chiefly what attend the bringing up of Children; and I would ask any Man who has experienced it,… Alone
- [T]he more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer . . . [taking] away… Accumulation
- The ordaining of laws in favor of one part of the nation, to the prejudice and oppression of another, is certainly the most erroneous and… Advantage
- To the haranguers of the populace among the ancients, succeed among the moderns your writers of political pamphlets and news-papers, and your coffee-house talkers. Among
- If by the liberty of the press were understood merely the liberty of discussing the propriety of public measures and political opinions, let us have… Abused
- Lawyers, Preachers, and Tomtits Eggs, there are more of them hatch'd than come to perfection. Eggs
- He that takes a wife, takes care Care
- The best is the cheapest. Best
- Anger and folly walk cheek by sole. Anger
- God will certainly reward virtue and punish vice, either here or hereafter. Certainly Reward
- A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd… Animal
- Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that; for it is true we may give advice, but… Advice
- That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer, is a Maxim that has been long and generally… Approved
- A lighthouse is more useful than a church. Church
- Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards; there it enters the roots of the vines, to be changed into wine; a constant… Behold
- Do you sincerely declare that you love mankind in general, of what profession or religion soever? Do you think any person ought to be harmed… Any
- I am on this account not displeased that the Figure is not known as a Bald Eagle, but looks more like a Turkey. For the… Account
- Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith. Better
- Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves. Care
- The man who does things makes mistakes, but he doesn't make the biggest mistake of all-doing nothing. All