“There never was a good knife made of bad steel.”
“The people heard it, and approved the doctrine, and immediately practiced the contrary.”
Source: The ABC of Money: Including The Way to Wealth and The Gospel of Wealth
“The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
“Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack
“To err is human, to repent divine; to persist devilish.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“There will be sleeping enough in the grave.”
Source: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Easyread Edition
“A man in a passion, rides a mad horse.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“Are you angry that others disappoint you? Remember you cannot depend upon yourself.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“One today is worth two tomorrows.”
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
“If you wouldn't live long, live well; for folly and wickedness shorten life.”
“Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes it.”
Source: The Works of Benjamin Franklin Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral and Literary, with His Life, Written by Himself
“He was so learned that he could name a horse in nine languages; so ignorant that he bought a cow to ride on.”
Source: Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom
“Hold your Council before Dinner; the full Belly hates Thinking as well as Acting.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack
“A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad habits.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
“A lie stands on one leg, truth on two.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
“Who is wise?
He that learns from everyone.”
Source: Poor Richard: An Almanack
“Plough deep while sluggards sleep.”
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
“The way to be safe is never to be secure.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no persuasion move thee, to do anything which thou knowest to be evil; so shalt thou always live jollity; for a good conscience is a continual Christmas.”
“Wish not so much to live long as to live well.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“Tis easy to see, hard to foresee.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
“Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
“He that hath a Trade, hath an Estate.”
Source: The Way to Wealth
“Love your Neighbour; yet don't pull down your Hedge.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanac and Other Writings
“Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason: The Morning Daylight appears plainer when you put out your Candle.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“There is much difference between imitating a good man and counterfeiting him.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“Wouldst thou enjoy a long Life, a healthy Body, and a vigorous Mind, and be acquainted also with the wonderful Works of God? labour in the first place to bring thy Appetite into Subjection to Reason.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one tenth part.”
Source: Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin...: Posthumous and other writings
“In rivers and bad governments the lightest things swim at top.”
Source: Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom
“Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright.”
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
“The sleeping fox catches no poultry.”
Source: The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Easyread Edition
“Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“Clean your finger before you point at my spots.”
Source: The Art of Virtue: Ben Franklin's Formula for Successful Living
“Pride that dines on vanity, sups on contempt.”
Source: Benjamin Franklin's the Way to Wealth
“Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou knowest, all thou hast, nor all thou cans't.”
“The noblest question in the world is: 'What good may I do in it?'”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“Virtue and Happiness are Mother and Daughter.”
Source: The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac
“Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.”
Source: Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack
“We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.”
Source: The Way to Wealth: Advice, Hints, and Tips on Business, Money, and Finance
“Creditors are a superstitious sect, great observers of set days and times.”
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
“To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough, always proves little enough.”
Source: Memoirs of the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin ...
“He that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honor.”
Source: The Way to Wealth
“Vice knows she is ugly, so puts on her mask.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack
“The rotten apple spoils his companion.”
Source: Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Choicest Morsels of Wisdom, Written During the Years of the Almanack's Publication
