Quotes Benjamin Franklin

"Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning."...

"Beauty and folly are old companions."...

"If Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty."...

"Would you live with ease? Do what you ought, not what you p...

"You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your w...

"Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants."...

"Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no ot...

"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time; for that's ...

"You may delay, but time will not."...

"I cannot conceive otherwise than that He, the Infinite Fath...

"A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle."...

"He that cannot obey, cannot command."...

"'Tis a common observation here that our cause is the cause ...

"Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be h...

"Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it."...

"Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great s...

"Creditors have better memories than debtors."...

"Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise."...

"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."...

"If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take i...

"He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all ...

"To be thrown upon one's own resources, is to be cast into t...

"There is no such thing as a good war and there is no such t...

"Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; frien...

"He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well...