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
He that's secure is not safe.
Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.
Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?
When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.
Observe all men, thyself most.
It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.
Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.
In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it.
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.