QUOTES

Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Benjamin Franklin
"Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days."
- Benjamin Franklin
"A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats."
- Benjamin Franklin
"A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave."
- Benjamin Franklin
"A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle."
- Benjamin Franklin
"A penny saved is a penny earned."
- Benjamin Franklin
"At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment."
- Benjamin Franklin
"Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead."
- Benjamin Franklin
"Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others."
- Benjamin Franklin
"Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is."
- Benjamin Franklin
"He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else."
- Benjamin Franklin
"I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand."
- Benjamin Franklin
"I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I ..."
- Benjamin Franklin
"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."
- Benjamin Franklin
"It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine furniture..."
- Benjamin Franklin
"Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late."
- Benjamin Franklin
"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn."
- Benjamin Franklin
"The first mistake in public business is the going into it."
- Benjamin Franklin
"There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one-s self."
- Benjamin Franklin
"There was never a good war, or a bad peace."
- Benjamin Franklin
"An investment in knowledge pays the best dividends."
- Benjamin Franklin
"Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do."
- Benjamin Franklin
"Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a big ship."
- Benjamin Franklin
"He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money."
- Benjamin Franklin
"Whatever is begun in anger, ends in shame."
- Benjamin Franklin
"All mankind is divided into three classes: those who are immovable, those who are movable; and those who move."
- Benjamin Franklin
"To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness."
- Benjamin Franklin
"Be at war with your vices; at peace with your neighbours, and let every new year find you a better man."
- Benjamin Franklin
"Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company."
- Benjamin Franklin
"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."
- Benjamin Franklin
"One day is worth a thousand tomorrows."
- Benjamin Franklin
"Anger is never without reason, but seldom with a good one."
- Benjamin Franklin
"An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."
- Benjamin Franklin
"It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them."
- Benjamin Franklin
"Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones."
- Benjamin Franklin
"There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self."
- Benjamin Franklin
"Lost time is never found again."
- Benjamin Franklin