Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklinwas one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions. He facilitated many civic organizations, including...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth17 January 1706
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou will lose him.
An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife.
He who will not be counseled cannot be helped.
He's a fool that makes his doctor his heir.
I have met the enemy, and it is the eyes of other people.
Squeamish stomachs cannot eat without pickles.
Perhaps I was too saucy and provoking.
Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty.
Not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open.
At the working man’s house, hunger looks in but dares not enter.
Those who are fear'd, are hated.
They who have nothing to trouble them, will be troubled at nothing.
As charms are nonsense, nonsense is a charm.
He that is rich need not live sparingly, and he that can live sparingly need not be rich.