Quotes from Benjamin Franklin

I cannot conceive otherwise than that He, the Infinite Father, expects or requires no worship or praise from us, but that He is even infinitely above it.

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. The scriptures assure me that at the last day we shall not be examined on what we thought but what we did.

Revealed religion has no weight with me.

Many have quarreled about religion that never practice it.

A man compounded of law and gospel is able to cheat a whole country with his religion and then destroy them under color of law

Religion I found to be without any tendency to inspire, promote, or confirm morality, serves principally to divide us and make us unfriendly to one another.

The United States Constitutional Convention, except for three or four persons, thought prayers unnecessary.

A little Religion, and a little Honesty, goes a great way in Courts.

If men are so wicked with religion what would they be without it?

To be proud of knowledge is to be blind with light.

Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou knowest, all thou hast, nor all thou cans't.

Knowledge of the investment is most profitable

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.

Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude.

When you're finished changing, you're finished.

The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.

He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.

Do not do that which you would not have known.

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.

For the best return on your money, pour your purse into your head.

Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.

He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of most medicines.

A Man of Knowledge like a rich Soil, feeds If not a world of Corn, a world of Weeds.

Let the experiment be made.