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
Some men grow mad by studying much to know, But who grows mad by studying good to grow.
Look before, or you'll find yourself behind. Bad Commentators spoil the best of books, So God sends meat (they say) the devil Cooks.
Clearly spoken, Mr. Fogg; you explain English by Greek.
Caesar did not merit the triumphal Car, more than he that conquers himself.
Came you from Court? for in your Mien, A self-important air is seen.
Can grave and formal pass for wise, When Men the solemn Owl despise?
A penny saved is two pence clear, A pin a day's a groat a year
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry, all things easy. He that rises late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night, while laziness travels so slowly that poverty soon overtakes him.
Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy
Sloth like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright
The key to a healthy marriage is to keep your eyes wide open before you wed and half-closed thereafter.
If man could have half his wishes he would double his troubles
I never saw an oft-transplanted tree, Nor yet an oft-removed family, That throve so well as those that settled be
In each religion there are essential things, and others which are only forms and fashions; as a loaf of sugar may perhaps be wrapped in brown or white or blue paper, and tied with a string of flax or wool, red or yellow; but the sugar is always the e