He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
--Benjamin Franklin
He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
--Benjamin Franklin
Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.
--Benjamin Franklin
There is a difference between imitating a good man and counterfeiting him.
--Benjamin Franklin
Happiness consists more in small conveniences or pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.
--Benjamin Franklin
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
--Benjamin Franklin
Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one.
--Benjamin Franklin
To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
--Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) US statesman, diplomat, inventor, and printer
If you would be loved, love and be lovable
--Benjamin Franklin
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!
--Benjamin Franklin
Fear not death, for the sooner we die the longer we shall be immortal.
--Benjamin Franklin
A man is not completely born until he is dead.
--Benjamin Franklin
A penny saved is a penny earned
--Benjamin Franklin Poor Richard's Almanac
I will speak ill of no man, and speak all the good I know of everybody.
--Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Joy is not in things! It is in us!
--Benjamin Franklin
Anger warms the Invention, but overheats the oven.
--Benjamin Franklin
They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety.
--Benjamin Franklin
While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.
--Benjamin Franklin
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
--Benjamin Franklin
God heals and the Doctor takes the fee.
--Benjamin Franklin
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.
--Benjamin Franklin
Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade?
--Benjamin Franklin
Be civil to all, sociable to many, familiar with few, friend to one, enemy to none
--Benjamin Franklin
Remember that time is money.
--Benjamin Franklin
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote!
--Benjamin Franklin, 1759
They that can give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety.
--Benjamin Franklin
I will speak ill of no man, and speak all the good I know of everybody.
--Benjamin Franklin
Nothing in life is certain except death and taxes
--Benjamin Franklin
I will BF credit he was a wise man.... I just hate it when people use his qoutes rashly like our friend here...
That is why I figure his death will be quick and crispy.