Benjamin Franklin Quotes on Life, Liberty, and Wealth

Originality is the art of concealing your sources.

Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

The discontented man finds no easy chair.

Fatigue is the best pillow.

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.

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

He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.

Hunger is the best pickle.

Ignorance leads men into a party, and shame keeps them from getting out again.

Don't throw stones at your neighbors', if your own windows are glass.

Contentment makes poor men rich,Discontent makes rich men poor.

While we may not be able to control all that happens to us, we can control what happens inside us.

It is ill-manners to silence a fool and cruelty to let him go on.

To err is human, to repent divine; to persist devilish.

There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

He that can have patience can have what he will.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

Observe all men, thyself most.

If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.