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Benjamin Franklin Quotes

Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.
Benjamin Franklin
Rich, Nobody, Content
Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion.
Benjamin Franklin
Rich, Portion, Rejoices
God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.
Benjamin Franklin
God, Honest, Works
Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.
Benjamin Franklin
Reason, Her, She
Tomorrow, every Fault is to be amended; but that Tomorrow never comes.
Benjamin Franklin
Tomorrow, Fault, Amended
Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.
Benjamin Franklin
Write, Injuries, Dust
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
Benjamin Franklin
Sure, Fortune, Dinner
In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.
Benjamin Franklin
Nature, Since, General
No nation was ever ruined by trade.
Benjamin Franklin
Nation, Trade, Ruined
When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue.
Benjamin Franklin
Men, Heart, Woman
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.
Benjamin Franklin
Time, Great, Same
You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?
Benjamin Franklin
Wife, Why, Fault
Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.
Benjamin Franklin
Good, Great, Human
Remember that credit is money.
Benjamin Franklin
Money, Remember, Credit
Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.
Benjamin Franklin
Away, Sure, Since
The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.
Benjamin Franklin
Work, Both, Hands
The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.
Benjamin Franklin
Makes, Worst, Noise
To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.
Benjamin Franklin
Life, Thy, Meals
When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.
Benjamin Franklin
Forget, Remember, Befriend
Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?
Benjamin Franklin
Often, Deceived, Thyself
Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.
Benjamin Franklin
Time, Gain, Thou
Observe all men, thyself most.
Benjamin Franklin
Men, Observe, Thyself
He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.
Benjamin Franklin
Him, Wealth, Possess
If you would have a faithful servant, and one that you like, serve yourself.
Benjamin Franklin
Yourself, Faithful, Serve
Those that won't be counseled can't be helped.
Benjamin Franklin
Won, Helped, Counseled

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Biography

Nationality: American
Born: January 17, 1706
Died: April 17, 1790

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