Benjamin Franklin Best Quotes

Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days. -Benjamin Franklin

A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats. -Benjamin Franklin

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. -Benjamin Franklin

A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle. -Benjamin Franklin

A penny saved is a penny earned. -Benjamin Franklin

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

Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead. -Benjamin Franklin

Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others. -Benjamin Franklin

Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is. -Benjamin Franklin

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. -Benjamin Franklin

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand. -Benjamin Franklin

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up. -Benjamin Franklin

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. -Benjamin Franklin

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. -Benjamin Franklin

Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late. -Benjamin Franklin

Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. -Benjamin Franklin

The first mistake in public business is the going into it. -Benjamin Franklin

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self. -Benjamin Franklin

There was never a good war, or a bad peace. -Benjamin Franklin