Explore Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou will lose him.

A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife.

Speak little, do much.

He's a fool that makes his doctor his heir.

Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account.

I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.

If you want something done, ask a busy person.

I cannot conceive otherwise than that He, the Infinite Father, expects or requires no worship or praise from us, but that He is even infinitely above it.

Squeamish stomachs cannot eat without pickles.

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The scriptures assure me that at the last day we shall not be examined on what we thought but what we did.

I think opinions should be judged by their influences and effects; and if a man holds none that tend to make him less virtuous or more vicious, it may be concluded that he holds none that are dangerous, which I hope is the case with me.

Perhaps I was too saucy and provoking.

Silence - Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation.

Order - Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time.

He that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and lets the other go.

Where there is hunger, law is not regarded;_x000D_and where law is not regarded, there will be hunger.

Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty.

Not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open.

At the working man’s house, hunger looks in but dares not enter.