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
Benjamin Franklin quotes about
Promises may get thee Friends, but Nonperformance will turn them into Enemies.
Beware of the little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.
Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.
The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth: that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid?
No man's life, liberty or fortune is safe while our legislature is in session.
And he that pays ready Money, might let that Money out to Use: so that
Never spare the Parson's wine, nor Baker's Pudding.
The excellency of hogs is fatness, of men virtue
Search others for virtues, thyself for thy vices.
He that waits upon a fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
There never was a good war or a bad peace.
There never was a good war nor a bad peace.
Rather go to bed supperless, than rise in debt
Every Man has Assurance enough to boast of his honesty, few of their Understanding.