2,150 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

Never ruin an apology with an excuse.

Of learned Fools I have seen ten times ten,Of unlearned wise men I have seen a hundred.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain - and most fools do.

Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain - and most fools do.

Were I a Roman Catholic, perhaps I should on this occasion vow to build a chapel to some saint, but as I am not, if I were to vow at all, it should be to build a light-house.[Letter to his wife, 17 July 1757, after narrowly avoiding a shipwreck; often misquoted as "Lighthouses are more helpful than churches."]

...there will be sleeping enough in the grave....

He that drinks his cider alone, let him catch his horse alone.

Lost Time is never found again.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.