Benjamin Franklin Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Benjamin Franklin quotes, Benjamin Franklin sayings, and Benjamin Franklin proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin
Your net worth to the world is usually determined by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones. Benjamin Franklin
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship. Benjamin Franklin
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin
Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. Benjamin Franklin
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. Benjamin Franklin
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards. Benjamin Franklin
Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning. Benjamin Franklin
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning. Benjamin Franklin
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one. Benjamin Franklin
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin
The best investment is in the tools of one's own trade. Benjamin Franklin
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship. Benjamin Franklin
Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God. Benjamin Franklin
Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. Benjamin Franklin
A penny saved is a penny earned. Benjamin Franklin
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship. Benjamin Franklin
If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting. Benjamin Franklin
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin
The sleeping fox catches no poultry. Benjamin Franklin
The absent are never without fault, nor the present without excuse. Benjamin Franklin
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. Benjamin Franklin
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it. Benjamin Franklin
Innocence is its own defense. Benjamin Franklin
Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. Benjamin Franklin
Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. Benjamin Franklin
We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct. Benjamin Franklin
Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one. Benjamin Franklin
The people heard it, and approved the doctrine, and immediately practiced the contrary. Benjamin Franklin