C.C. Franklin Quotes

Take it from Richard, poor and lame, What's begun in anger ends in shame.

A full Belly is the Mother of all Evil.

By his own efforts man could never gain the true and desired riches.

So many figures are quoted to prove so many things. Sometimes it depends on what paper you read or what broadcast you listen in on.

In the field of world policy; I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor.

Vice knows she is ugly, so puts on her mask.

Virtue alone is sufficient to make a man great, glorious, and happy.

Marriage is the most natural state of man, and therefore the state in which one is most likely to find solid happiness.

Without justice, courage is weak.

Experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other.

Wise and prudent men and intelligent conservatives have long known that in a changing world worthy institutions can be conserved only by adjusting them to the changing time.

All would live long, but none would be old.

Keep conscience clear, then never fear.

Time is an herb that cures all Diseases.

You may give give a man office, but you cannot give him discretion

If you desire many things, many things will seem few.

Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in the world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes.

Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all things easy.

Periodic fasts are necessary to flush out the poisons.

Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause of all mankind, and that we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own.

whatever you become be good at it

Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us.

Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

If better is possible, good is not enough

Happiness is not merely money, which is fun for effort and achievement

Don't throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass.

A Man of Knowledge like a rich Soil, feeds If not a world of Corn, a world of Weeds.

A ship under sail and a big-bellied woman, Are the handsomest two things that can be seen common.

Hold your Council before Dinner; the full Belly hates Thinking as well as Acting.

Truth and sincerity have a certain distinguishing native lustre about them which cannot be perfectly counterfeited; they are like fire and flame, that cannot be painted.

Games lubricate the body and the mind.

Most people die at 25 but are buried at 75.

I consent Sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure, that it is not the best.

The ultimate victory of tomorrow is democracy, and through democracy with education, for no people in all the world can be kept eternally ignorant or eternally enslaved.

A man is not completely born until he is dead.

It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.

Those who would give up liberty for safety deserve neither.

Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, the Creator of the Universe. That He governs it by His Providence. That He ought to be worshipped.

Better slip with foot than tongue.

A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy - "A republic," replied the Doctor, "if you can keep it."

Blessing will happen to you and your family throughout the year because you faster in January.

Tis against some mens principle to pay interest, and seems against others interest to pay the principle.

To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.

If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come.

Most people dislike vanity in others, whatever share they have of it themselves.

If you have time don't wait for time.

Hunger is the best pickle.

Squeamish stomachs cannot eat without pickles.

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

The United States Constitution has proved itself the most marvelously elastic compilation of rules of government ever written.