Top 500 Benjamin Franklin Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “La pereza anda tan despacio que la pobreza no tarda en alcanzarla.”

— Benjamin Franklin

152. “There will be sleeping enough in the grave.”

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

154. “The borrower is slave to the lender and the debtor to the creditor.”

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

156. “How many observe Christ’s birthday! How few, His precepts!”

— Benjamin Franklin

157. “When you are good to others, you are best to yourself.”

— Benjamin Franklin

158. “Better slip with foot than tongue.”

— Benjamin Franklin

159. “God heals, and the doctor takes the fees.”

— Benjamin Franklin

160. “A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.”

— Benjamin Franklin

161. “If you have time don’t wait for time.”

— Benjamin Franklin

162. “Those Who Sacrifice Liberty For Security Deserve Neither.”

— Benjamin Franklin

163. “If you do not exclude them, in less than 200 years our descendants will be working in the fields to furnish them substance, while they will be in the counting houses rubbing their hands. I warn you, gentlemen, if you do not exclude Jews for all time, your children will curse you in your graves.”

— Benjamin Franklin

164. “There are many roads to success, but only one sure road to failure; and that is to try to please everyone else.”

— Benjamin Franklin

165. “If gymnastics were easy, it would be called football. 10% talent, 90% hard workEnergy and persistence conquer all things.”

— Benjamin Franklin

166. “The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all others, charity.”

— Benjamin Franklin

167. “Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.”

— Benjamin Franklin

168. “Never trust a government that doesn’t trust its own citizens with guns.”

— Benjamin Franklin

169. “Take a coin from your purse and invest it in your mind. It will come pouring out of your mind and overflow your purse.”

— Benjamin Franklin

170. “People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both.”

— Benjamin Franklin

171. “Security without liberty is called prison.”

— Benjamin Franklin

172. “Distrust and caution are the parents of security.”

— Benjamin Franklin

173. “Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don’t have brains enough to be honest.”

— Benjamin Franklin

174. “Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.”

— Benjamin Franklin

175. “The best investment is in the tools of one’s own trade.”

— Benjamin Franklin

176. “Who is strong? He that can conquer his bad habits.”

— Benjamin Franklin

177. “Man is a tool-making animal.”

— Benjamin Franklin

178. “A Brother may not be a Friend, but a Friend will always be a Brother.”

— Benjamin Franklin

179. “Waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.”

— Benjamin Franklin

180. “The noblest question in the world is: ‘What good may I do in it?’”

— Benjamin Franklin

181. “The man who trades freedom for security does not deserve nor will he ever receive either.”

— Benjamin Franklin

182. “Let each new year find you a better person.”

— Benjamin Franklin

183. “Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.”

— Benjamin Franklin

184. “Don’t throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass.”

— Benjamin Franklin

185. “There is no good war or bad peace.”

— Benjamin Franklin

186. “Fart for freedom, fart for liberty – and fart proudly.”

— Benjamin Franklin

187. “To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.”

— Benjamin Franklin

188. “Wise men don’t need advice. Fools won’t take it.”

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

190. “Take time for all things.”

— Benjamin Franklin

191. “If you want a thing done – go. If not – send.”

— Benjamin Franklin

192. “We are all born without knowledge, but curious. With curiosity we should be able to learn as much as possible. With curiosity, it has to take a lot of work to remain ignorant.”

— Benjamin Franklin

193. “Outside Independence Hall when the Constitutional Convention of 1787 ended, Mrs. Powel of Philadelphia asked Benjamin Franklin, “Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?” With no hesitation whatsoever, Franklin responded, “A republic, if you can keep it.””

— Benjamin Franklin

194. “I would advise you to read with a pen in your hand and enter in a little book short hints of what you feel that is common or that may be useful; for this will be the best method of imprinting such portcullis in your memory.”

— Benjamin Franklin

195. “How do you become better tomorrow? By improving yourself, the world is made better. Be not afraid of growing too slowly. Be afraid of standing still. Forget your mistakes, but remember what they taught you. So how do you become better tomorrow? By becoming better today.”

— Benjamin Franklin

196. “Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues.”

— Benjamin Franklin

197. “A good example is the best sermon.”

— Benjamin Franklin

198. “It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.”

— Benjamin Franklin

199. “Half a truth is often a great lie.”

— Benjamin Franklin

200. “Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.”

— Benjamin Franklin