Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

God helps them that helps themselves.

To be thrown upon ones own resources is to be cast into the very lap of fortune for our faculties then undergo a development and display an energy of which they were previously unsusceptible.

Those things that hurt instruct.

At 20 years of age the will reigns at 30 the wit at 40 the judgment.

All would live long but none would be old.

A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors.

If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead either write things worth reading or do things worth writing.

For want of a nail the shoe was lost for want of a shoe the horse was lost and for want of a horse the rider was lost being overtaken and slain by the enemy all for want of care about a horseshoe nail.

Carelessness does more harm than a want of knowledge.

Little boats should keep near shore.

Teach your child to hold his tongue Hell learn fast enough to speak.

A child thinks twenty shillings and twenty years can scarce ever be spent.

Perform without fail what you resolve.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage half shut afterwards.

Without love what are we worth? Eighty-nine cents! Eighty-nine cents worth of chemicals walking around lonely.

When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one then on the opposite side I write the arguments against each one. Then by weighing the arguments pro and con and cancelling them out one against the other I take the course indicated by what remains.

It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.

Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience.

Eat to please thyself but dress to please others.

Early to bed and early to rise Makes a man healthy wealthy and wise.