2,150 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

The used key is always bright.

Epitaph on a scolding wife by her husband: Here my poor Bridget's corpse doth lie, she is at rest - and so am I!

[It was] the poverty caused by the bad influence of the English bankers on the Parliament which has caused in the colonies hatred of the English and . . . the Revolutionary War.

It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.

Hot things, sharp things, sweet things, cold things

We hear of the conversion of water into wine at the marriage in Cana as of a miracle. But this conversion is, through the goodness of God, made every day before our eyes. Behold the rain which descends from heaven upon our vineyards, and which incorporates itself with the grapes, to be changed into wine; a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy.

Have you somewhat to do to-morrow; do it to-day.

The Tongue is ever turning to the aching Tooth.

Success has ruined many a man.