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
It is as truly folly for the poor to ape the rich, as for the frog to swell, in order to equal the ox
Kate would have Thomas, no one blame her can: Tom won't have Kate, and who can blame the Man?
Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half-shut afterwards.
Keep thou from the Opportunity, and God will keep thee from the Sin.
...It is in the religion of ignorance that tyranny begins...
Laws like to Cobwebs catch small Flies, Great ones break thro' before your eyes
Good counsel failing men can give, for why? He that's aground knows where the shoal doth lie
The painful Preacher, like a candle bright, Consumes himself in giving others Light.
We must hang together or assuredly we shall hang separately
Receive before you write, but write before you pay.
For the want of a nail, the shoe was lose; for the want of a shoe the horse was lose; and for the want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe nail.
Forwarn'd, forearm'd, unless in the case of Cuckolds, who are often forearm'd before warn'd
For want of a nail the shoe was lost, For want of a shoe the horse was lost, For want of a horse the rider was lost, Forwant of a rider the battle was lost, For want of a battle the kingdom was lost, And all for the want of a horse.
Glass, china, and reputation are easily cracked, and never mended well.