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
You will be careful, if you are wise; How you touch Men's Religion, or Credit, or Eyes.
I was put to the grammar-school at eight years of age, my father intending to devote me, as the tithe of his sons, to the service of the Church.
The busy man has few idle visitors, to the boiling pot, the flies come out.
Good counsel failing men can give, for why? He that's aground knows where the shoal doth lie
Keep thou from the Opportunity, and God will keep thee from the Sin.
He who waits upon fortune is never sure of dinner.
He that idly loses 5 s. worth of time, loses 5 s. & might as prudently throw 5 s. in the River.
Here comes Glib-tongue: who can out-flatter a Dedication; and lie, like ten Epitaphs.
Have you somewhat to do to-morrow; do it to-day.
...It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins...
If your riches are yours, why don't you take them with to the other world?
Receive before you write, but write before you pay.
Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.
Singularity in the right hath ruined many happy those who are convinced of the general opinion