2,150 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

When women cease to be handsome, they study to be good.

Ere you consult your fancy, consult your purse.

My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in public affairs through views of private interest; but to go straight forward in doing what appears to me right at the time, leaving the consequences with Providence.

If thou hast wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty.

Good counsel failing men can give, for why? He that's aground knows where the shoal doth lie

Some men grow mad by studying much to know, But who grows mad by studying good to grow.

He that lives upon hope will die fasting.

What science can there be more noble, more excellent, more useful for men, more admirably high and demonstrative, than this of mathematics?

Never praise your cider or your horse