Benjamin Franklin ( 10 of 244 )
Fish and visitors stink after three days.
Fish and visitors stink after three days.
Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.
Growth means change and change involves risk, stepping from the known to the unknown.
Necessity never made a good bargain.
Necessity never made a good bargain.
Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, supped with Infamy.
Pride breakfasted with Plenty, dined with Poverty, supped with Infamy.
He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; read more
He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.
Each year, one vicious habit rooted out, in time ought to make the worst man good.
Each year, one vicious habit rooted out, in time ought to make the worst man good.
The Cat in Gloves catches no Mice.
The Cat in Gloves catches no Mice.
He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor.
He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor.
The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of read more
The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of man; and if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid?
Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be read more
Our new Constitution is now established, and has an appearance that promises permanency; but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.
