Benjamin Franklin Quotes

“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.”

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn.”

“Well done is better than well said.”

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

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”

“Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade?”

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

“By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”

“Diligence is the mother of good luck.”

“There are no gains without pains.”

“When you’re finished changing, you’re finished.”

“Energy and persistence conquer all things.”

“Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.”

“The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”
“A penny saved is a penny earned.”

“Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.”

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

“When the well’s dry, we know the worth of water.”

“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”

“Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.”