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
Defer not thy well-doing; be not like St. George, who is always a horseback, and never rides on.
The busy man has few idle visitors, to the boiling pot, the flies come out.
At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty, the judgment.
A true great Man will neither trample on a Worm, nor sneak to an Emperor.
A wolf eats sheep but now and then, ten thousands are devoured by men
Ay, we must all hang together, else we shall all hang separately
A small leak can sink a great ship.
A life of leisure, and a life of laziness, are two things.
A little neglect may breed mischief: for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost
The modesty in a sect is perhaps a singular instance in the history of mankind, every other sect supposing itself in a position of all truth, and that those who differ are so far in the wrong; like a man traveling in foggy weather, those at some dist
Cold & cunning come from the north: But cunning sans wisdom is nothing worth.
Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security.
An innocent Plowman is more worthy than a vicious Prince.
A poet is the mere wastepaper of mankind.