2,150 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read.

it is hard for an empty sack to stand upright

It's better to swim in the sea belowThan to swing in the air and feed the crow,Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol.

The Massachusetts must suffer all the hazards and mischiefs of war rather than admit the alteration of their charter and haws by parliament. They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Great beauty, great strength, and great riches are really and truly of no great use; a right heart exceeds all

From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.

You will find the key to success under the alarm clock.

Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that.

The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality: that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality nothing will do, and with them everything.