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's gone, and forgot nothing but to say farewell to his creditors
The good or ill hap of a good or ill life, is the good or ill choice of a good or ill wife.
The tongue offends and the ears get the cuffing
Never praise your cider or your horse
Mary's mouth cost her nothing for she never opens it but at others' expense.
Epitaph on a scolding wife by her husband: Here my poor Bridget's corpse doth lie, she is at rest - and so am I!
A little Religion, and a little Honesty, goes a great way in Courts.
The English love an insult. It's their only test of a man's sincerity.
All cats are gray in the dark.
Rules too soft are seldomly followed; rules too harsh are seldomly executed.
Passion governs, and she never governs wisely.
I am in the prime of senility.
Whether a Commonwealth suffers more by hypocritical pretenders to religion or by the openly profane? The most dangerous hypocrite in a Commonwealth is one who leaves the gospel for the sake of the law. A man compounded of law and gospel is able to cheat a whole country with his religion and then destroy them under color of law.
Take courage, Mortal... Death cannot banish you from the Universe.