Benjamin Franklin

All things are cheap to the saving, dear to the wasteful

— Benjamin Franklin

Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors

— Benjamin Franklin

I have sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to be born two or three centuries hence.

— Benjamin Franklin

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.

— Benjamin Franklin

Setting too good an Example is a Kind of slander seldom forgiven.

— Benjamin Franklin

Strange secrets are let out by Death Who blabs so oft the follies of this world.

— Benjamin Franklin

How many observe Christ's birthday! How few his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments.

— Benjamin Franklin

Those who give up liberty for the sake of security, deserve neither liberty nor security.

— Benjamin Franklin

Did not strong connections draw me elsewhere, I believe Scotland would be the country I would choose to end my days in.

— Benjamin Franklin

The Difficulty lies, in finding out an exact Measure but eat for Necessity, not Pleasure, for Lust knows not where Necessity ends.

— Benjamin Franklin

In Truth I found myself incorrigible with respect to Order; and now I am grown old, and my Memory bad, I feel…

— Benjamin Franklin

A traveller should have a hog's nose, a deer's legs, and an ass's back.

— Benjamin Franklin

Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.

— Benjamin Franklin

Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous

— Benjamin Franklin

Who says Jack is not generous? He is always fond of giving, and cares not for receiving. What? Why; Advice.

— Benjamin Franklin

By playing at Chess then, we may learn... First: Foresight. Second: Circumspection. Third: Caution.

— Benjamin Franklin

In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.

— Benjamin Franklin

Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away

— Benjamin Franklin

The English love an insult. It's their only test of a man's sincerity.

— Benjamin Franklin

Many have quarreled about religion that never practiced it

— Benjamin Franklin

Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.

— Benjamin Franklin

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.

— Benjamin Franklin

“Keep thy eyes wide open before marriage and half shut afterward.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Tart words make no friends; a spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.”

— Benjamin Franklin

What more valuable than Gold? Diamonds. Than Diamonds? Virtue.

— Benjamin Franklin

When Knaves betray each other, one can scarce be blamed or the other pitied.

— Benjamin Franklin

Some men grow mad by studying much to know, But who grows mad by studying good to grow.

— Benjamin Franklin

I am what I am and that's all that I am and if I'm supposed to be somebody else, why do I…

— Benjamin Franklin

A full Belly makes a dull Brain: The Muses starve in a Cook's Shop.

— Benjamin Franklin

Are you angry that others disappoint you? Remember you cannot depend upon yourself.

— Benjamin Franklin

Excess in all other Things whatever, as well as in Meat and Drink, is also to be avoided.

— Benjamin Franklin

There cannot be good living where there is not good drinking.

— Benjamin Franklin

Take the money in your wallet and invest it in your mind. And in return, your mind will fill up your wallet!

— Benjamin Franklin

Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.

— Benjamin Franklin

God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.

— Benjamin Franklin

A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.

— Benjamin Franklin

The poor have little; beggars, none; the rich, too much; enough, not one.

— Benjamin Franklin

“Ignorance leads men into a party, and shame keeps them from getting out again.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou owest, all thou hast, nor all thou canst.”

— Benjamin Franklin

Trouble knocked on the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away.

— Benjamin Franklin