Benjamin Franklin

Founding Father, Polymath American 1706 – 1790

Founding father known for 'Early to bed, early to rise' wisdom.

385 quotes

"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn."
Education
"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."
Wisdom
"Well done is better than well said."
Work
"Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead."
Truth
"The only thing certain except death and taxes is change."
Change
"Lost time is never found again."
Time
"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest."
Knowledge
"Honesty is the best policy."
Truth
"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
Health
"Do not delay what you intend to do."
"Remember that credit is money."
Money
"Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship."
Wisdom
"A penny saved is a penny earned."
Money
"Diligence is the mother of good luck."
Success
"By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail."
Perseverance
"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."
Success
"The best investment is in the tools of one's own trade."
Work
"He that has a trade has an estate."
Work
"Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him."
Kindness
"All human situations have their inconveniences."
Wisdom
"Eat to live, not live to eat."
Health
"Friends, books, and a peaceful life."
Friendship
"The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market."
Success
"There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know oneself."
"Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody."
Kindness
"Admiration is the daughter of ignorance."
Wisdom
"Hide not your talents, they for use were made."
Creativity
"A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things."
Work
"Love thy neighbor, yet don't pull down your hedge."
Relationships
"The body of a sick man is a prison."
Health