Benjamin Franklin Quotes

“To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.”

“All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.”

“Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.”

“They who have nothing to trouble them,will be troubled at nothing.”

“I believe long habits of virtue have a sensible effect on the countenance.”

“A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy - "A republic," replied the Doctor, "if you can keep it."”

“Prodigality of Time produces Poverty of Mind as well as of Estate.”

“He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities.”

“When in doubt, don't.”

“You have on hand those things that you need if you have but the wit and wisdom to use them.”

“Getting into debt, is getting into a tanglesome net.”

“Your argument is sound, nothing but sound.”

“For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestly.”

“Love and toothache have many cures, but none infallible, except possession and dispossession.”

“Reading was the only amusement I allowed myself”

“[E]very Man who comes among us, and takes up a piece of Land, becomes a Citizen, and by our Constitution has a Voice in Elections, and a share in the Government of the Country.”

“By my rambling digressions I perceive myself to be growing old.”

“The poor have little; beggars, none; the rich, too much; enough, not one.”

“Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.”

“Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.”

“Don't cry over spilled milk”

“War is when the government tells you who the bad guy is.Revolution is when you decide that for yourself.”

“Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse”

“Eat few suppers, and you'll need few medicines.”

“Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.”