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
Strict punctuality is a cheap virtue.
Reckless haste makes poor speed.
Christianity commands us to pass by injuries; policy, to let them pass by us.
Many have been ruined by buying good Pennyworths.
If you, do what you should not, you must bear what you would not.
No better relation than a prudent and faithful friend.
We are more heavily taxed by our idleness, pride and folly than we are taxed by government.
Take care of the halfpence and pence, and the shillings and pounds will take care of themselves.
At a great pennyworth pause a while.
A nod from a lord is a breakfast for a fool.
Since I cannot govern my own tongue, though within my own teeth, how can I hope to govern the tongue of others?
He that hath a trade hath an estate; and he that hath a calling hath a place of profit and honor. A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.
There is none deceived but he that trusts.
Scarcely have I ever heard or read the introductory phrase, "I may say without vanity," but some striking and characteristic instance of vanity has immediately followed.