Benjamin Franklin Quotes and Sayings(3)

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

~Benjamin Franklin

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All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.

~Benjamin Franklin

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All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.

~Benjamin Franklin

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All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.

~Benjamin Franklin

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An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.

~Benjamin Franklin

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Without Freedom of Thought, there can be no such thing as Wisdom; and no such thing as public Liberty, without Freedom of Speech.

~BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, The New England Courant, Jul. 9, 1722

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

~BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Poor Richard's Almanac, July 1735

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Trust thy self, and another shall not betray thee.

~BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Poor Richard's Almanack, 1739

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Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor. 

~Benjamin Franklin

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Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.

~Benjamin Franklin

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Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

~Benjamin Franklin

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“He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed”

~Benjamin Franklin quote

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“Hide not your talents, they for use were made,
What's a sundial in the shade?”
― Benjamin Franklin

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“Well done is better than well said.”
― Benjamin Franklin

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“Justice will not be served until those who are unaffected are as outraged as those who are.”
― Benjamin Franklin

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Remember that time is money.  

~Benjamin Franklin's Advice to a Young Tradesman (1748)

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The Game of Chess is not merely an idle amusement; several very valuable qualities of the mind, useful in the course of human life, are to be acquired and strengthened by it, so as to become habits ready on all occasions; for life is a kind of Chess, in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effect of prudence, or the want of it. By playing at Chess then, we may learn: 1st, Foresight, which looks a little into futurity, and considers the consequences that may attend an action ... 2nd, Circumspection, which surveys the whole Chess-board, or scene of action: — the relation of the several Pieces, and their situations; ... 3rd, Caution, not to make our moves too hastily...

~Benjamin Franklin "The Morals of Chess" (article) (1750) 

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“The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”
― Benjamin Franklin

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“If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.”
― Benjamin Franklin

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

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

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“To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.”

~Benjamin Franklin quote

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