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
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Famous Benjamin Franklin Quotes
“I am the laziest man in the world. I invented all those things to save myself from toil.”
“Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous”
“There's many witty men whose brains can't fill their bellies.”
Source: Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom
“I never knew a man who was good at making excuses who was good at anything else.”
“The wise man draws more advantage from his enemies than the fool from his friends”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“Men and Melons are hard to know.”
Source: Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom
“Most men die at 25, we just don't bury them until they are 70.”
“A man separated from his reflective belt is no man at all.”
Source: Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
“Men take more pains to mask than mend.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack
Source: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...
Source: Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin
Source: A Benjamin Franklin Reader
Source: A Benjamin Franklin Reader
“If a man would reap praise, you must sow the seeds, gentle words and useful deeds.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“The most acceptable service of God is doing good to man.”
Source: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Penn Reading Project Edition
Source: The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Containing the Autobiography, with Notes and a Continuation
“It is better to let 100 criminals go free than to imprison 1 innocent man.”
“None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.”
“Success has ruin'd many a man.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack
Source: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...
“A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone.”
Source: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...
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
“An old man in a house is a good sign.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
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
Source: Poor Richard Day by Day
Source: Poor Richard Day by Day
“Much Virtue in Herbs, little in Men.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
Source: The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Written by Himself. Now First Edited from Original Manuscripts and from His Printed Correspondence and Other Writings
“When you speak to a man, look on his eyes; when he speaks to you, look on his mouth.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
“Success has ruined many a man.”
Source: Poor Richard: An Almanack
“Is there anything men take more pains about than to render themselves unhappy?”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac