One of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, a noted polymath, a leading author and printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. In his day, Ben Franklin knew no boundaries.
All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.
Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.
To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.
Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.
When you're finished changing, you're finished.
A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.
A good conscience is a continual Christmas.
A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.
All would live long, but none would be old.
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
Anger is never without Reason, but seldom with a good One.
At 20 years of age the will reigns, at 30 the wit, at 40 the judgment.
Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
Never confuse motion with action.
Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.
Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.
Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen.
Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.
Drive thy business or it will drive thee.
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
He that speaks much, is much mistaken.
You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never well mended.
God heals, and the doctor takes the fees.
He is ill clothed that is bare of virtue.
Honesty is the best policy.
He that can have patience can have what he will.
He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.
He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.
He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees.
Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75.
An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
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