Source: The Autobiography and Other Writings
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Famous Benjamin Franklin Quotes
“Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy.”
Source: The Posthumous and Other Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...
“Life's Tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“Half the truth is often a great lie.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“You may delay, but time will not.”
Source: Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom
“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.”
“Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?”
Source: Not Your Usual Founding Father: Selected Readings from Benjamin Franklin
“It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
“If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.”
Source: Poor Richard Day by Day
“He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack
Source: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...
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
“Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.”
Source: The Compleated Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“Be civil to all; serviceable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack
“Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
Source: A present for an apprentice [by sir J. Barnard]. To which is added, Franklin's Way to wealth. [Ed.] by a citizen of London [T. Tegg].
“One today is worth two tomorrows.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
“Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad habits.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
Source: The works of Benjamin Franklin: with notes and a life of the author by J. Sparks
Source: The life of Benjamin Franklin: to which are added Essays by the same Author : Mit einem Wörterbuch ; Zum Schul- u. Privatgebrauch
“We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.”
Source: The Way to Wealth: Advice, Hints, and Tips on Business, Money, and Finance
Source: Memoirs of the life and writings of B.F. ...
“A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
Source: A Benjamin Franklin Reader
Source: The Portable Benjamin Franklin
“Gaining money by my industry and frugality, I lived very agreeably. . . .”
Source: Great American Lives: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant, Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie, and The Education of Henry Adams
Source: The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Source: The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself
“Diligence overcomes difficulties; sloth makes them.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack