Ben Franklin (1706 1790) Sayings and Quotes
Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Ben Franklin (1706 1790) quotes, Ben Franklin (1706 1790) sayings, and Ben Franklin (1706 1790) proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.
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He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows, nor judge all he sees.
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Paintings and fightings are best seen at a distance.
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When you taste honey, remember gall.
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Beware of little expenses: a small leak will sink a great ship.
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Do not squander time for that is the stuff that life is made of.
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He that pays for work before it's done, has but a pennyworth for two pence.
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One today is worth two tomorrows.
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Waste not, want not.
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One man may be more cunning than another, but not more cunning than everybody else.
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Pride is as loud a beggar as want and a great deal more saucy.
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The devil wipes his breech with poor folks' pride.
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Nothing is certain but death and taxes.
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Neglect kills injuries, revenge increases them.
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Little strokes fell great oaks.
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If passion drives, let reason hold the reins.
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Nor eye in a letter, nor hand in a purse, nor ear in the secret of another.
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Better slip with foot than tongue.
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It is wise not to seek a secret and honest not to reveal it.
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Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.
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What you would seem to be, be really.
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Clean your finger before you point at my spots.
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Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel and countenance.
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Each year one vicious habit rooted out, in time might make the worst man good throughout.
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Good example is the best sermon.
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Grace thou thy house and let not that grace thee.
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Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments.
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If evils come not then our fears are in vain; and if they do, fear but augments the pain.
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If you'ld have a servant that you like, serve yourself.
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It is better to take many injuries than to give one.
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Seek virtue and of that posest, to Providence resign the rest.
