Benjamin Franklin
Born: 1706-01-17
Died: 1790-04-17
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
The absent are never without fault. Nor the present without excuse.
A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.
Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it.
Clearly spoken, Mr. Fogg; you explain English by Greek.
Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?
Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.
God heals and the doctor takes the fee.
Guests, like fish, begin to smell after three days.
He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
If you would know the value of money try to borrow some.
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.
Were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from its beginning, only asking the advantages authors have in a second edition to correct some faults in the first.
Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason.
He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.
