Benjamin Franklin Quotes

"Well done is better than well said."

"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander Time; for that’s the Stuff Life is made of."

"Lost Time is never found again."

"No gains without pains."

"Wish not so much to live long as to live well."

"When you’re good to others, you’re best to yourself."

"Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices."

"Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults."

"He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals."

"A true Friend is the best Possession."

"It is better to take many Injuries than to give one."

"Hide not your Talents, they for Use were made. What’s a Sun-Dial in the shade!"

"Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack’d, and never well mended."

"What more valuable than Gold? Diamonds. Than Diamonds? Virtue."

"Haste makes Waste."

"Better slip with foot than tongue."

"Look before, or you’ll find yourself behind."

"Don’t throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass."

"He that would live in peace & at ease, Must not speak all he knows or judge all he sees."

"A right Heart exceeds all."

"What you seem to be, be really."

"Pardoning the Bad, is injuring the Good."

"He that lies down with Dogs, shall rise up with fleas."

"There never was a good war or a bad peace."

"A penny saved is two pence clear."

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

"Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship."

"Diligence is the mother of good luck."

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

"The used key is always bright."

"A small leak will sink a great ship."

"A good conscience is a continual Christmas."

"Honesty is the best policy."

"Little strokes fell great oaks."

"He that cannot obey cannot command."

"He that hath a trade hath an estate."

"Industry pays debts, despair encreaseth them."

"Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy."

"He that rises late must trot all day."

"If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some."

"Creditors have better memories than debtors."

"Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt."

"If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself."

"A fool and his money are soon parted."

"Necessity never made a good bargain."

"He that buys what he does not need, steals from himself."

"The cat in gloves catches no mice."

"There are no gains without pains."

"He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else."

"He that drinks fast pays for it at leisure."

"A little neglect may breed great mischief."

"Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days."

"The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse."

"Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly."

"Speak little, do much."

"He that cannot be trusted with little cannot be trusted with much."

"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."

"When the well's dry, we know the worth of water."