Benjamin Franklin quotes

“If you would know the value of money, go try to borrow some, for he that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“If you would live long, live well, for folly and wickedness shorten life.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Love your enemies, for they shall tell you all your faults.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Old boys have their playthings as well as young ones, the difference is only in the price.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Well done is better than well said.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“You may delay, but time will not.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future, and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.”

— Benjamin Franklin

“Educate your children to self-control, to the habit of holding passion and prejudice and evil tendencies subject to an upright and reasoning will, and you have done much to abolish misery from their future and crimes from society.”

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”

— Benjamin Franklin

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