2,150 Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

He that scatters thorns, let him not go barefoot.

Take courage, Mortal... Death cannot banish you from the Universe.

Doing an injury puts you below your enemy; revenging one make you but even with him; forgiving it sets you above him.

Receive before you write, but write before you pay.

History will also afford frequent opportunities of showing the necessity of a public religion, from its usefulness to the public; the advantage of a religious character among private persons; the mischiefs of superstition, and the excellency of the Christian religion above all others, ancient or modern.

He that waits upon a fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

I am lord of myself, accountable to none.

You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

Rules to find out a fit Measure of Meat and Drink.