Benjamin Franklin
We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately. {At the signing of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776} - Benjamin Franklin
It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright. - Benjamin Franklin
Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak. - Benjamin Franklin
Diligence is the mother of good luck. - Benjamin Franklin
Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting for the vote. - Benjamin Franklin
You and I were long friends: you are now my enemy, and I am yours. {Letter to William Strahan, July 5, 1775} - Benjamin Franklin
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter. - Benjamin Franklin
There never was a good war or a bad peace. {Letter to Josiah Quincy, Sept. 11, 1773} - Benjamin Franklin
God helps them that help themselves. {Maxims prefixed to Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757} - Benjamin Franklin
Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. - Benjamin Franklin
Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. - Benjamin Franklin
Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes. {Letter to M. Leroy, 1789} - Benjamin Franklin
Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason. - Benjamin Franklin
Plough deep while sluggards sleep. - Benjamin Franklin
They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. {Historical Review of Pennsylvania} - Benjamin Franklin
He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money. - Benjamin Franklin
Vessels large may venture more, But little boats should keep near shore. - Benjamin Franklin
A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone. - Benjamin Franklin
Think of these things, whence you came, where you are going, and to whom you must account. - Benjamin Franklin
He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing. - Benjamin Franklin
A little neglect may breed mischief: 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. - Benjamin Franklin
Here Skugg lies snug As a bug in a rug. {Letter to Miss Georgiana Shipley, September, 1772} - Benjamin Franklin
Little strokes fell great oaks. - Benjamin Franklin
Never leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day. - Benjamin Franklin
To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals, courtesy, to inferiors, nobleness. - Benjamin Franklin
Three may keep a secret if two of them are dead. - Benjamin Franklin
Love your enemies, for they will tell you your faults. - Benjamin Franklin
Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away. - Benjamin Franklin
Be always at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let each new year find you a better man. - Benjamin Franklin
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. - Benjamin Franklin
Time is money. - Benjamin Franklin
Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. - Benjamin Franklin
Keep you eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards. - Benjamin Franklin
To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals. - Benjamin Franklin
Often I sit up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning, lest it should be missed or wanted. - Benjamin Franklin
Well done is better than well said. - Benjamin Franklin
There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self. - Benjamin Franklin
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart. - Benjamin Franklin
Does't thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. - Benjamin Franklin
Keep conscience clear, then never fear. - Benjamin Franklin