All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse. Benjamin Franklin
All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move. Benjamin Franklin
All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world. Benjamin Franklin
Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can gratify it with at present serves but the more to inflame its insatiable desires. Benjamin Franklin
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin
And where is the Prince who can afford to so cover his country with troops for its defense, as that ten thousand men descending from the clouds, might not in many places do an infinite deal of mischief, before a force could be brought together to repel them? Benjamin Franklin
And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief,Depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief. Benjamin Franklin
Anger is one of the sinews of the soul; he that wants it hath a maimed mind. Benjamin Franklin
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. Benjamin Franklin
Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least you will, by such conduct, stand the best chance for such consequences. Benjamin Franklin
Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other. Benjamin Franklin
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. Benjamin Franklin
For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise. Benjamin Franklin
For the want of a nail, the shoe was lose; for the want of a shoe the horse was lose; and for the want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe nail. Benjamin Franklin
Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain: and it is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel. Benjamin Franklin
He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too. Benjamin Franklin
How many observe Christ's birthday! How few, his precepts! O! 'tis easier to keep holidays than commandments. Benjamin Franklin
Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day. Benjamin Franklin
I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintances. Benjamin Franklin
I conceive that the great part of the miseries of mankind are brought upon them by false estimates they have made of the value of things. Benjamin Franklin
I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old. Benjamin Franklin
I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning. Benjamin Franklin
I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand. Benjamin Franklin
I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, "Without vanity I may say," etc., but some vain thing immediately followed. Benjamin Franklin
I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first. Benjamin Franklin
I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up. Benjamin Franklin
If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. Benjamin Franklin
If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him. Benjamin Franklin
If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed. Benjamin Franklin
If it be the design of Providence to extirpate these savages in order to make room for the cultivation of the earth, it seems not improbable that rum may be the appointed means. Benjamin Franklin
It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. Benjamin Franklin
It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them. Benjamin Franklin
It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow. Benjamin Franklin
It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth. Benjamin Franklin
It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine furniture. Benjamin Franklin
It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man. Benjamin Franklin
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards. Benjamin Franklin
Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed. Benjamin Franklin
Laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him. Benjamin Franklin
Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never. Benjamin Franklin
Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no persuasion move thee, to do anything which thou knowest to be evil; so shalt thou always live jollity; for a good conscience is a continual Christmas. Benjamin Franklin
Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. Benjamin Franklin
Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it makes one. Benjamin Franklin
Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude. Benjamin Franklin
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. Benjamin Franklin
Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours. Benjamin Franklin
She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth. Benjamin Franklin
Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour. Benjamin Franklin
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him. Benjamin Franklin
Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright. Benjamin Franklin
So much for industry, my friends, and attention to one's own business; but to these we must add frugality if we would make our industry more certainly successful. A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose all his life to the grindstone, and die not worth a grout at last. Benjamin Franklin
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. Benjamin Franklin
The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands. Benjamin Franklin
The first mistake in public business is the going into it. Benjamin Franklin
The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our friends; never to pretend to wit, but to make that of others appear as much as possibly we can; to hearken to what is said and to answer to the purpose. Benjamin Franklin
The greatest monarch on the proudest throne is obliged to sit upon his own arse. Benjamin Franklin
The learned fool writes nonsense in better language that the unlearned - but it's still nonsense. Benjamin Franklin
The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either. Benjamin Franklin
The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice. Benjamin Franklin
The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. Benjamin Franklin
The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it. Benjamin Franklin
The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason. Benjamin Franklin
There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self. Benjamin Franklin
There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government. Benjamin Franklin
There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. Benjamin Franklin
Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion. Benjamin Franklin
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
Tomorrow every fault is to be amended; but tomorrow never comes. Benjamin Franklin
Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes. Benjamin Franklin
Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains enough to be honest. Benjamin Franklin
Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease. Benjamin Franklin
We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acquiring information. Benjamin Franklin
We must all hang together or assuredly we will all hang seperately. Benjamin Franklin
We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately. Benjamin Franklin
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it. Benjamin Franklin
Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. Benjamin Franklin
Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy. Benjamin Franklin
