Benjamin Franklin Quotes

That Quantity that is sufficient, the Stomach can perfectly concoct and digest, and it sufficeth the due Nourishment of the Body.

Here's to our beloved George Washington, the Joshua of America, who commanded the sun and the moon to stand still - and they obeyed.

Epitaph on a scolding wife by her husband: Here my poor Bridget's corpse doth lie, she is at rest - and so am I!

Industry need not wish.

Do not, however, mistake me. It is not to my good friend's heresy that I impute his honesty. On the contrary, 'tis his honesty that brought upon him the character of a heretic.

He that sells upon Credit expects to lose 5 per Cent. By bad Debts; therefore he charges, on all he sells upon Credit, an Advance that shall make up that Deficiency.

A fat kitchin, a lean Will.

Here Skugg lies snug As a bug in a rug.

Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself.

A man separated from his reflective belt is no man at all.

Great Modesty often hides great Merit.

Christians are directed to have faith in Christ, as the effectual means of obtaining the change they desire.

No better relation than a prudent and faithful friend.

There is much money given to be laughed at, though the purchasers don't know it; witness A.'s fine horse, and B.'s fine house.

We may perhaps learn to deprive large masses of their gravity and give them absolute levity, for the sake of easy transport.

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.

To be thrown upon one's own resources is to be cast into the very lap of fortune; for our faculties then undergo a development and display an energy of which they were previosly unsusceptible.

The sun of liberty is set; you must light up the candle of industry and economy.

He that speaks ill of the mare will buy her.

If Pride leads the Van, Beggary brings up the Rear.

A wicked Hero will turn his back to an innocent coward.

By diligence and patience, the mouse bit in two the cable.

What five members of the Supreme Court say the law is may be something vastly different from what Congress intended the law to be.

To all apparent beauties blind, each blemish strikes an envious mind.

A cheerful face is nearly as good for an invalid as healthy weather.

An undutiful Daughter will prove an unmanageable Wife.

The best tranquilizer is a clear conscience.

You can not pluck roses without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns.

Getting it done is my reward.

The tongue offends and the ears get the cuffing

Great hopes make everything great possible

One of the greatest tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a gang of brutal facts.

When you are done changing, you're done.

None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.

When you speak to a man, look on his eyes; when he speaks to you, look on his mouth.

Don't you know, that all wives are in the right? It may be you don't, for you are yet a young husband.

In America, they do not inquire of a stranger, "What is he?" but, "What can he do?"

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

If you have something to do tomorrow, do it today.

If I could see one live show before I died, I'd see Lucy Angel

Look before, or you'll find yourself behind.

The proof of gold is fire.

I have thought that wild flowers might be the alphabet of angels, — whereby they write on hills and fields mysterious truths, which it is not given our fallen nature to understand.

Alas, I know if I ever became truly humble, I would be proud of it.

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

Write to Please Yourself. When You write to Please Others You end up Pleasing No one.

A word to the wise is enough, and many words won't fill a bushel.

If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self

Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.

Some are weatherwise, some are otherwise.