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
All cats look gray in the dark.
A light purse is a heavy curse.
Private property...is the creature of society and is subject to the calls of that society even to the last farthing.
Industry and patience are the surest means of plenty.
A lonely man on a rainy night who cannot read.
Trouble Springs From Idleness.
Little rogues easily become great ones.
You may give give a man office, but you cannot give him discretion
He that is conscious of a stink in his breeches is [suspicious] of every wrinkle in another's nose.
Would thou confound thy enemy, be good thyself.
Vice knows [its] ugly, so [it] puts on [a] mask.
I know as well as thee that I am no poet born It is a trade, I never learnt nor indeed could learn If I make verses-'tis in spite Of nature and my stars I write.
While the path to wealth is clearly marked, few are willing to adapt themselves to the modest discipline that the journey requires. Instead, most choose the shinier track of debt-driven consumption, which they find further along is covered in vines and thorns.
We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that 'except the Lord build the House, they labor in vain that build it' I firmly believe this; by our partial local interests; our projects will be confounded, and we ourselves shall become a reproach and a by word down to future ages.