Benjamin Franklin Quotes

"He that lives upon hope will die fasting."

"I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first."

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."

"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn."

"If you would be loved, love, and be loveable."

"He that can have patience can have what he will."

"He that can have patience can have what he will."

"A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned"

"A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned"

"A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned"

"In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria."

"Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five."

"Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five."

"Fear not death for the sooner we die, the longer we shall be immortal."

"I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong."

"I didn't fail the test, I just found 100 ways to do it wrong."

"Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing."

"How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, His precepts!"

"Hide not your talents, they for use were made,What's a sundial in the shade?"

"Hide not your talents, they for use were made,What's a sundial in the shade?"

"Well done is better than well said."

"Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle."

"If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed."

"The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read."

"The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read."

"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."

"Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances."

"If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles."

"Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody."

"Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody."