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
Remember that credit is money.
Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.
Drive your business. Let not your business drive you.
Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.
Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.
One day is worth a thousand tomorrows.
Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.
Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden, but it is forbidden because it is hurtful.
He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.
Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.
The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.
There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.
If you teach a poor young man to shave himself, and keep his razor in order, you may contribute more to the happiness of his life than in giving him a thousand guineas. This sum may be soon spent, the regret only remaining of having foolishly consumed it; but in the other case, he escapes the frequent vexation of waiting for barbers, and of their sometimes dirty fingers, offensive breaths, and dull razors.
It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.