Famous Quotes by Benjamin Franklin

“A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned”

“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail!”

“Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.”

“Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.”

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

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

Moderation is the key that locks the door to regret.

If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.

A good example is the best sermon.

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Well done is better than well said.

Tell me who your friends are and I will tell you who you are.

A penny saved is a penny earned.

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

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

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

The only thing that is more expensive than education is ignorance.

Lost time is never found again.

In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.

It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.

There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know oneself.

God helps those who help themselves.