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
Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.
Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessities.
Since thou are not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.
When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue.
And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.
Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.
Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.
He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours.
I guess I don't so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.
All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.
God helps those who help themselves.
When in doubt, don't.
Time is money.