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
Often I sit up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning, lest it should be missed or wanted.
By the word simplicity, is not always meant folly or ignorance; but often, pure and upright Nature, free from artifice, craft or deceitful ornament.
An investment in education always pays the highest returns.
Necessity is our quickest excuse.
Sarcasm is the lowest form of humor but the highest form of flattery.
An Episcopalian divine once told the Pope that the only difference between their denominations was that "the Church of Rome is infallible and the Church of England is never in the wrong."
Change is the only constant in life. Ones ability to adapt to those changes will determine your success in life.
The cause of the South was the cause of constitutional government, the cause of government regulated by law, and the cause of honesty and fidelity in public servants. No nobler cause did man ever fight for!
It might be judged an affront to your understanding should I go about to prove this first principle; the existence of a Diety and that He is the Creator of the universe, for that would suppose you ignorant of what all mankind in all ages have agreed in.
Virtues, of ... Moderation: Avoid extremes. Forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve.
Virtues, of ... Justice: Wrong none by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty.
Virtue may not always make a Face handsome, but Vice will certainly make it ugly.
You may sometimes be much in the Wrong, in owning your being in the Right.
Prodigality of Time produces Poverty of Mind as well as of Estate.