Quotes By Benjamin Franklin

I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.

At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment.

Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.

He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.

The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse.

Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.

Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

When in doubt, don't.

To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.

Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.

She laughs at everything you say. Why? Because she has fine teeth.

Observe all men, thyself most.

There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine furniture.

Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

If you would be loved, love, and be loveable.

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.

Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.

He that rises late must trot all day.

Beauty and folly are old companions.

All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.

Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

Diligence is the mother of good luck.