Benjamin Franklin
191 quotations
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
Experience keeps a school, yet fools will learn in no other.
The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.
In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.
The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason.
There have been as great souls unknown to fame as any of the most famous.
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.
A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.
One should eat to live, not live to eat.
Most fools think they are only ignorant.
Spinoza Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
Hide not your talents. They for use were made. What's a sundial in the shade.
Clearly spoken, Mr. Fogg; you explain English by Greek.
In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.
Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones -- with ingratitude.
There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.
Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.
Each year one vicious habit discarded, in time might make the worst of us good.
It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.
Take time for all things; great haste makes great waste.