Quotes from Benjamin Franklin

Beware of little expenses, a small leak will sink a great ship.

I have always set a greater Value on the Character of a Doer of Good, than on any other kind of Reputation

For not forgetful is the high gods' doom Against the sons of carnage: all too long Seems the unjust to prosper and be strong, Till the dark Furies come, And smite with stern reversal all his home, Down into dim obstruction--he is gone, And help and hope, among the lost, is none!

There are three faithful friends – An old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

And like him who, having a garden to weed, does not attempt to eradicate all the bad herbs at once, which would exceed his reach and his strength, but works on one of the beds at a time, and, having accomplish'd the first, proceeds to a second...

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money. Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

Buy what thou has no need of and ere long thou shall sell thy necessaries.

Marry above thy match and you will get a master.

Wehaloosing, stands on the bank of the Susquehanna,

The proud hate pride – in others.

Blame-all and Praise-all are two blockheads

The learned fool writes his nonsense in better languages than the unlearned; but still it is nonsense.

the nations that have thrived have been those, like America, that are most comfortable with the cacophony, and even occasional messiness, that come from robust discourse

Beware the hobby that eats.

When the well is dry, they know the worth of water.

Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.

Human felicity is produced not so much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.

We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.

We must hang together, gentlemen...else, we shall most assuredly hang separately.

If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.

He who is in love with himself has no rivals.

One good husband is worth two good wives, for the scarcer things are, the more they are valued.

What is the recipe for successful achievement? Choose a career you love. Give it the best there is in you. Seize your opportunities. And be a member of the team.

Love your Neighbour; yet don't pull down your Hedge.