Quotes from Benjamin Franklin
“Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1756
“Better slip with foot than tongue.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1734
“A right Heart exceeds all.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1739
“When you’re good to others, you’re best to yourself.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1748
“Hide not your Talents, they for Use were made. What’s a Sun-Dial in the shade!”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1750
“Don’t throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass.”
- Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1736
“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”
― Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard’s Almanack
“You may delay, but time will not.”
― Benjamin Franklin
“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”
― Benjamin Franklin, The Way to Wealth: Ben Franklin on Money and Success
“Instead of cursing the darkness, light a candle.”
― Benjamin Franklin
“The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”
― Benjamin Franklin