Benjamin Franklin Quotes
"Where liberty dwells,
there is my country."
"Democracy is two wolves
and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb
contesting the vote!"
"They that can give up
essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither
liberty or safety."
"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."
"There was never a good war or a bad peace."
"Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that
promises permanency; but in the world nothing can be said to be certain
except death and taxes."
"Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."
"Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
"He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else."
"A good example is the best sermon."
"Necessity never made a good bargain."
"Plough deep while sluggards sleep."
"Fear not death; for the sooner we die, the longer shall we be immortal."
"An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest."
"He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of
doing everything for money."
"The poor have little,Beggars none;
The rich too much, enough not one."
"He that speaks ill of the Mare, will buy her."
"He that drinks fast, pays slow."
"Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing."
"Remember that time is money."
"Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If
we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter."
"People who are wrapped up in themselves make small packages."
"Some are weatherwise, some are otherwise."
"He that speaks much, is much mistaken."
"There are three faithful friends -- an old wife, an old dog, and ready
money."
"Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards."
"At 20 years of age the will reigns, at 30 the wit, at 40 the judgment."
"Never leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day."
"When the well's dry, we know the worth of water."
"Does thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life
is made of."
"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."
"Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to get leisure."
"Little strokes fell great oaks."
"He that lives upon hope will die fasting."
"Well done is better than well said."
"When there's no Law, there's no Bread."
"Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy
to none."
"Energy and persistence conquer all things."
"Genius without education is like silver in the mine."
"Work as if you were to live a hundred years,
Pray as if you were to die tomorrow."
"A country man between two lawyers, is like a fish between two cats."
"God heals, and the doctor takes the fees."
"To err is human, to repent divine; to persist devilish."
"Love your Neighbor; yet don't pull down your Hedge."
"Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack'd, and never well mended."
"Silence is not always a Sign of Wisdom, but Babbling is ever a folly."
"Beware of the young doctor and the old barber."