Benjamin Franklin, Quotes, Quotations, Famous Quotes

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom.

A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.

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

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.

The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands.

He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

Industry need not wish.

Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

God heals, and the doctor takes the fees.

Vicious actions are not hurtful because they are forbidden, but forbidden because they are hurtful.

Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

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

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.

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.

The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.

He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

Well done is better than well said.

Never confuse motion with action.