At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty, the judgment. — Benjamin Franklin Age Copy Share Image
Hast thou virtue? acquire also the graces and beauties of virtue. — Benjamin Franklin Acquire Copy Share Image
Give me yesterday's bread, this day's flesh, and last year's cider — Benjamin Franklin Ageing Copy Share Image
Epitaph on a scolding wife by her husband: Here my poor Bridget's corpse doth lie, she is at rest - and so… — Benjamin Franklin Corpses Copy Share Image
Marriage is the most natural state of man, and therefore the state in which one is most likely to find solid happiness. — Benjamin Franklin Anniversary Copy Share Image
Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a Colony of Aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us… — Benjamin Franklin Acquire Copy Share Image
Drink does not drown care, but waters it, and makes it grow faster. — Benjamin Franklin Care Copy Share Image
We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among… — Benjamin Franklin Circumstances Copy Share Image
War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is. Revolution is when you decide that for yourself. — Benjamin Franklin Bad guy Copy Share Image
The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance. — Benjamin Franklin Education Copy Share Image
One of the advantages of being a 'reasonable creature' is that one can find a reason for whatever one wants to do. — Benjamin Franklin Advantage Copy Share Image
A perfect character might be attended with the inconvenience of being envied and hated; and that a benevolent man should allow a… — Benjamin Franklin Benevolent Copy Share Image