2,150 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

there was great difference between persons and, discretion did not always accompany years nor was youth always with out it

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

The Things which hurt, instruct.

...wine [is] a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.

He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chided for my singularity, but, with this lighter repast, I made the greater progress, for greater clearness of head and quicker comprehension. Flesh eating is unprovoked murder.

Be cheerful—the problems that worry us most are those that never arrive.” —Benjamin Franklin

...but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

Mais dons ce monde, il n'y a rien d'assure que le mort et les impots.