Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
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Famous Benjamin Franklin Quotes
“Don't misinform your Doctor nor your Lawyer.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
Source: Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin
“Hope is an essential constituent of human life.”
Source: Animal Magnetism
Source: Autobiography and Other Writings
“I believe long habits of virtue have a sensible effect on the countenance.”
Source: Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818
“Those who are content have enough; those that complain, have too much.”
“What maintains one vice would bring up two children.”
Source: Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818
“Let the child's first lesson be obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Choicest Morsels of Wisdom, Written During the Years of the Almanack's Publication
“A child thinks 20 shillings and 20 years can never be spent.”
“If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.”
Source: The select works of Benjamin Franklin
“Neither a Fortress nor a Maidenhead will hold out long after they begin to parley.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
Source: The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: [Autobiography
“Do you love life? Then don't waste time, because time is life!”
Source: The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Source: The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself
“Remember, that six pounds a year is but a groat a day.”
Source: Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin
“He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“A penny saved is twopence dear; A pin a day 's a groat a year.”
Source: The Life of the Late Dr. Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself: Together with a Number of His Humorous, Moral, and Literary Essays, Chiefly in the Manner of The Spectator
“The King's cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, 'tis made of the people's milk.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“I looked around for God's judgments, but saw no signs of them.”
Source: The Portable Benjamin Franklin
“I am the laziest man in the world. I invented all those things to save myself from toil.”
“Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.”
Source: Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin
“A ship under sail and a big-bellied woman, Are the handsomest two things that can be seen common.”
“If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.”
Source: Poor Richard Day by Day
Source: The Life and Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin
“Money is of a prolific generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more.”
Source: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...
“Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself.”
Source: The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Containing the Autobiography, with Notes and a Continuation
“Many complain of their memory, few of their judgment.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
“Constant dropping wears away stones”
Source: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...
“If you wou'd be reveng'd of your enemy, govern your self”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“The nearest I can make it out, "Love your Enemies" means, "Hate your Friends"”