Quotes from Ben Franklin

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals Himself.

Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

There was never a bad peace or a good war.

When you're testing to see how deep water is, never use two feet.

In the Affairs of this World Men are saved, not by Faith, but by the Lack of it.

Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody.

Work as if you were to live a thousand years, play as if you were to die tomorrow.

Fish and visitors smell in three days.

you can do anything you set your mind to

You only have the right to pursue happiness; you have to catch it yourself.

If you give up your freedom for safety, you don't deserve either one.

The securest place is a prison cell, but there is no liberty

Don't cry over spilled milk

I'd rather be a pessimist because then I can only be pleasantly surprised.

If you FAIL to PLAN. You PLAN to FAIL.

god grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that anybody may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: 'This is my country!

The purpose of money was to purchase one's freedom to pursue that which is useful and interesting.

If you have a bald head don't walk out in the sun because you will get burned.

Nine men in ten are suicides.

Any society that would give up essential liberty to obtain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." Ben Franklin

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead and rottin', either write things width reading or do things worth writing.

Details are but trifles, but details make for perfection, and perfection is no trifle.

Some people are weatherwise, and most are otherwise.