Quotes from Benjamin Franklin

Most men die from the neck up at age twenty-five because they stop dreaming.

The man who does things makes mistakes, but he doesn't make the biggest mistake of all-doing nothing.

Much Virtue in Herbs, little in Men.

There is much difference between imitating a good man and counterfeiting him.

Don't judge men's wealth or godliness by their Sunday appearance.

The cunning man steals a horse, the wise man lets him alone.

Serving God is doing good to man, but praying is thought an easier service and therefore more generally chosen.

He that rises late must trot all day.

Anger and Folly walk cheek by jole; Repentance treads on both their Heels.

Buy what thou hast no Need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy Necessaries.

A man may take as much exercise in walking a mile up and down stairs, as in ten on level ground.

All the heavenly Bodies, the Stars and Planets, are regulated with the utmost Wisdom! And can we suppose less Care to be taken in the Order of the moral than in the natural System?

Nothing is more important for the public wealth than to form and train youth in wisdom and virtue. Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.

If thou hast wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty.

Conceiving God to be the fountain of wisdom, I thought it right and necessary to solicit his assistance for obtaining it.

Women are books, and men the readers be.

If you want something done, ask a busy person.

He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed.

Women and wine, game and deceit, make the wealth small, and the want great

After three days men grow weary, of a wench, a guest, and weather rainy.

The busy man has few idle visitors; to the boiling pot the flies come not.

The same man cannot be both Friend and Flatterer.

Nine Men in Ten are Suicides.

A man is not completely born until he is dead. Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals, a new member added to their happy society?