2,150 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

Take this remark from Richard, poor and lame, what'er's begun in anger ends in shame.

The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten.

He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.

Absence sharpens love, presence strengthens it.

Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou owest, all thou hast, nor all thou can'st.

A man separated from his reflected belt is no man at all.

There are three faithful friends—an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

After crosses and losses, men grow humbler and wiser.

God grant, that not only the Love of Liberty, but a thorough Knowledge of the Rights of Man, may pervade all the Nations of the Earth, so that a Philosopher may set his Foot anywhere on its Surface, and say, This is my Country.