Quotes from Benjamin Franklin

Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have either one.

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.

The electrical matter consists of particles extremely subtile, since it can permeate common matter, even the densest metals, with such ease and freedom as not to receive any perceptible resistance.

He who gives up freedom for safety deserves neither.

Those who would trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither.

People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both

A friend in need is a friend indeed!

If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.

No better relation than a prudent and faithful friend.

If you'd be beloved, make yourself amiable. A true friend is the best possession.

Be slow in choosing a friend slower in changing.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

An Egg to day is better than a Hen to-morrow

Experience is the best teacher, but a fool will learn from no other.

He'll cheat without scruple, who can without fear

Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a wig, and a wife.

Those who desire to give up freedom in order to gain security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.

The best time to make friends is before you need them. Ether Barrymore

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

The problem with doing nothing is not knowing when you're finished.