Benjamin Franklin Quotes

“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write things worth reading, or do things worth the writing.”

“Well done is better than well said.”

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

“Lost time is never found again.”

“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.”

“Remember that time is money.”

“You may delay, but time will not.”

“One today is worth two tomorrows.”

“Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

“Little strokes fell great oaks.”

“Plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.”

“Drive thy business, or it will drive thee.”

“He that riseth late must trot all day.”

“God helps them that help themselves.”

“He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.”

“Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.”

“Rather go to bed supperless than rise in debt.”

“Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.”

“Who is wise? He that learns from every one. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content.”

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

“Genius without education is like silver in the mine.”

“The doors of wisdom are never shut.”

“Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.”

“There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.”