Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklinwas one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions. He facilitated many civic organizations, including...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth17 January 1706
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
An old man in a house is a good sign.
Let every one ascertain his special business and calling, and then stick to it if he wants to be successful.
The only time a question should be asked is when all other possibilities of finding the answer for yourself have been eliminated.
That which resembles most living one's life over again, seems to be to recall all the circumstances of it; and, to render this remembrance more durable, to record them in writing.
We are a kind of posterity in respect to them.
A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone.
If any form of government is capable of making a nation happy, ours I think bids fair now for producing that effect. But after all much depends upon the people who are governed.
Whenever we attempt to mend the scheme of Providence and to interfere in the Government of the world, we had need be very circumspect lest we do more harm than good.
Can anything be constant in a world which is eternally changing?
Some books we read, tho' few there are that hit the happy point where wisdom joins with wit.
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.
It is a bad temper of mind that takes delight in opposition.
In America, they do not inquire of a stranger, "What is he?" but, "What can he do?"
I have sometimes almost wished it had been my destiny to be born two or three centuries hence.