Virtue may not always make a Face handsome, but Vice will certainly make it ugly. — Benjamin Franklin Faces Copy Share Image
The busy man has few idle visitors; to the boiling pot the flies come not. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts! — Benjamin Franklin Birthday Copy Share Image
If your riches are yours, why don't you take them with you to the other world? — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Experience is a dear teacher, and only fools will learn from no other. — Benjamin Franklin Education Copy Share Image
A change of fortune hurts a wise man no more than a change of the moon. — Benjamin Franklin Change Copy Share Image
“Ou escreva algo que valha a pena ler, ou faça algo que valha a pena escrever.” — Benjamin Franklin Amor Copy Share Image
“I didn't fail the test. I just found 100 different ways to do it wrong.” — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I would advise you to read with a pen in your hand and enter in a little book short hints of what… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“A little neglect may breed mischief; for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want a horse the rider was… — Benjamin Franklin Neglect Copy Share Image
By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid only of standing still. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy - "A republic," replied the Doctor,… — Benjamin Franklin Constitutional convention Copy Share Image
That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer, is a Maxim that has been… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Wouldst thou enjoy a long Life, a healthy Body, and a vigorous Mind, and be acquainted also with the wonderful Works of… — Benjamin Franklin Appetite Copy Share Image
We have no poor houses in the Colonies, and if we had, we would have no one to put in them, as… — Benjamin Franklin Colonies Copy Share Image
I have never seen the Philosopher's Stone that turns lead into Gold, but I have known the pursuit of it turn a… — Benjamin Franklin Gold Copy Share Image
“But on the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“of light and life, thou Good Supreme! O teach me what is good; teach me Thyself! Save me from folly, vanity, and… — Benjamin Franklin Character Copy Share Image
I am on this account not displeased that the Figure is not known as a Bald Eagle, but looks more like a… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“disputing about those already made. I therefore never answered M. Nollet, and the event gave me no cause to repent my silence;… — Benjamin Franklin Books Copy Share Image
My List of Virtues contain'd at first but twelve: But a Quaker Friend having kindly inform'd me that I was generally thought… — Benjamin Franklin Character Copy Share Image
I am a mortal enemy to arbitrary government and unlimited power. I am naturally very jealous for the rights and liberties of… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“The orator acknowledg'd the fault, but laid it upon the rum; and then endeavored to excuse the rum by saying, "The Great… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Grievances cannot be redressed until they are known; and they cannot be known but through complaints and petitions. If these are deemed… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Let thy maid servant be faithful, strong, and homely. — Benjamin Franklin Being faithful Copy Share Image
