Top 500 Benjamin Franklin Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “Common sense is something that everyone needs, few have, and none think they lack.”

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

154. “Nothing but Money, Is sweeter than Honey.”

— Benjamin Franklin

155. “La pereza anda tan despacio que la pobreza no tarda en alcanzarla.”

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

159. “Better slip with foot than tongue.”

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

165. “Security without liberty is called prison.”

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

170. “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

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

— Benjamin Franklin

172. “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

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

182. “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

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

— Benjamin Franklin

184. “Take time for all things.”

— Benjamin Franklin

185. “Man is a tool-making animal.”

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

187. “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

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

190. “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

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

195. “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

196. “A word to the wise is enough, and many words won’t fill a bushel.”

— Benjamin Franklin

197. “If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.”

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

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

— Benjamin Franklin

200. “Creditors have better memories than debtors.”

— Benjamin Franklin