Benjamin Franklin quotes

“He that can have patience can have what he will.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.”

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

“Genius without education is like silver in the mine.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“A good conscience is a continual Christmas.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“God heals, and the doctor takes the fees.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“All would live long, but none would be old.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Anger is never without Reason, but seldom with a good One.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“At 20 years of age the will reigns, at 30 the wit, at 40 the judgment.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Be civil to all, sociable to many, familiar with few, friend to one, enemy to none.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“By my rambling digressions I perceive myself to be growing old.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Content makes poor men rich, discontentment makes rich men poor.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Drive thy business or it will drive thee.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to get leisure.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never well mended. ”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“He that lives upon hope will die fasting.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.”

— Benjamin Franklin

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