Benjamin Franklin said

Benjamin Franklin said


"Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment."

"Fish and visitors stink after three days."

"One good Husband is worth two good Wives; for the scarcer things are, the more they're valued."

"Work as if you were to live a hundred years, Pray as if you were to die tomorrow."

"Little strokes, Fell great oaks."

"Does thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's the stuff life is made of."

"Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other."

"Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards."

"If you would not be forgotten, As soon as you are dead and rotten, Either write things worthy reading, Or do things worth the writing."

"There are three faithful friends -- an old wife, an old dog, and ready money."

"After crosses and losses, men grow humbler and wiser."

"The poor have little, Beggars none; The rich too much, Enough not one."

"The worst wheel of a cart makes the most noise."

"He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas."

"What is serving God? It is doing Good to Man."

"It is easy to see, hard to foresee."

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

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

"Well done is better than well said."

"Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee."

"What you seem to be, be really."

"To err is human, to repent divine; to persist devilish."

"He that hath a Trade, hath an Estate."

"Who has deceiv'd thee so oft as thy self?"

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

"Who is rich? He that rejoices in his Portion."

"After three days men grow weary, of a wench, a guest, and weather rainy."

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

"They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

"Tim was so learned, that he could name a horse in nine Languages. So ignorant, that he bought a cow to ride on."

"A good conscience is a continual Christmas."