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
Before you consult your fancy, consult your purse.
For the best return on your money, pour your purse into your head.
Take a coin from your purse and invest it in your mind. It will come pouring out of your mind and overflow your purse.
A light purse is a heavy curse.
Your best investment is to pour your purse into your head, and no one can take it away from you.
Not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open.
It is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell, in order to equal the ox
Receive before you write, but write before you pay.
Joke went out, and brought home his fellow, and they two began a quarrel.
It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.
Many a Meal is lost for want of meat.
Man's tongue is soft, and bone doth lack; yet a stroke therewith may break a man's back.
The only thing more expensive than education is ignorance.
Kate would have Thomas, no one blame her can: Tom won't have Kate, and who can blame the Man?