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
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
Tell a miser he's rich, and a woman she's old, you'll get no money of one, nor kindness of t'other
Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, and sloth; Or the Gout will seize you and plague you both
He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor.
Mary's mouth costs her nothing, for she never opens it but at others expense
Sloth like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright
He that has neither fools, whores nor beggars among his kindred, is the son of a thunder-gust
Forwarn'd, forearm'd, unless in the case of Cuckolds, who are often forearm'd before warn'd
Poor Dick, eats like a well man, and drinks like a sick
The Difficulty lies, in finding out an exact Measure; but eat for Necessity, not Pleasure, for Lust knows not where Necessity ends.
Don't throw stones at your neighbours, if your own windows are glass.
The church the state, and the poor, are 3 daughters which we should maintain, but not portion off.
The man who achieves makes many mistakes, but he never makes the biggest mistake of all - doing nothing
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.