2,150 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, & sloth; Or the Gout will seize you and plague you both.

The devil wipes his breech with poor folks' pride.

The key that unlocks a door is a key to keep if you want to go through that door again.

As we benefit from the inventions of others, we should be glad to share our own ... freely and gladly.

My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chid for my singularity.

Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable.

If you would keep your Secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.

A place for everything, everything in its place.

And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief,Depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.