Source: Silence Dogood, the Busy-Body, and Early Writings: Boston and London, 1722-1726, Philadelphia, 1726-1757, London, 1757-1775
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Famous Benjamin Franklin Quotes
“You may give give a man office, but you cannot give him discretion”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“If you ride a horse, sit close and tight, if you ride a man, sit easy and light.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
Source: Poor Richard Day by Day
“A change of fortune hurts a wise man no more than a change of the moon.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Choicest Morsels of Wisdom, Written During the Years of the Almanack's Publication
“Life with Fools consists in Drinking; with the wise Man, living's Thinking.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
Source: Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack
“An honest Man will receive neither Money nor Praise that is not his due.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“An assembly of great men is the greatest fool upon earth.”
Source: Works of the late Dr. Benjamin Franklin: consisting of his life, written by himself : together with essays, humourous, moral & literary, chiefly in the manner of the Spectator : in two volumes
“The greatest inventions are those inquiries which tend to increase the power of man over matter.”
“Women are books, and men the readers be.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“Reading makes a full man, meditation a profound man, discourse a clear man.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
“The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.”
Source: Writings
Source: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Penn Reading Project Edition
“Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“After three days men grow weary, of a wench, a guest, and weather rainy.”
Source: The Autobiography and Other Writings
Source: The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Source: Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ..., 1
Source: A Benjamin Franklin Reader
Source: The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“A man in a passion, rides a mad horse.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“A quarrelsome man has no good neighbours.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
“An old young man, will be a young old man.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
Source: The Real Benjamin Franklin
Source: The works of Benjamin Franklin: with notes and a life of the author by J. Sparks
Source: The autobiography of Benj. Franklin: Published verbatim from the original manuscript by his grandson Will. Temple Franklin. Edited by Jared Sparks
Source: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: 1706-1757
Source: The Franklin Year Book: Maxims and Morals from the Great Philosopher
“There is much difference between imitating a good man and counterfeiting him.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.”
Source: The Life and Miscellaneous Writings of Benjamin Franklin
Source: The Works of Benjamin Franklin; Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters, Official and Private, Not Hitherto Published; with Notes and a Life of the Author