Chess teaches foresight, by having to plan ahead; vigilance, by having to keep watch over the whole chess board; caution, by having… — Benjamin Franklin Boards Copy Share Image
None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error. — Benjamin Franklin Acknowledge Copy Share Image
The nearest I can make it out, "Love your Enemies" means, "Hate your Friends" — Benjamin Franklin Friendship Copy Share Image
I think that humanity brings much misery on itself by the false value they put on things. — Benjamin Franklin Humanity Copy Share Image
Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest. — Benjamin Franklin Betrayal Copy Share Image
Friends and neighbors complain that taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones… — Benjamin Franklin Complaining Copy Share Image
If we look back in history for the character of the present sects in Christianity, we shall find a few that have… — Benjamin Franklin Bishops Copy Share Image
This gave me occasion to observe, that when Men are employ'd they are best contented. For on the Days they work'd they… — Benjamin Franklin Autobiography Copy Share Image
You cannot always run from a weakness. You must sometime fight it out or perish. — Benjamin Franklin Fighting Copy Share Image
You and I were long friends: you are now my enemy, and I am yours. — Benjamin Franklin Enemy Copy Share Image
Would you live with ease, Do what you ought, and not what you please. — Benjamin Franklin Ease Copy Share Image
At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment. — Benjamin Franklin Age Copy Share Image
When a man and a woman die, as poets sung, His heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue. — Benjamin Franklin Poetry Copy Share Image
