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
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise
We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing!
Be temperate in wine, in eating, girls, and sloth; Or the Gout will seize you and plague you both
Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance.
Marry your Son when you will, but your Daughter when you can.
To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girl friends.
Trouble knocked on the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away
If a Man casually exceeds, let him fast the next Meal, and all may be well again, provided it be not too often done; as if he exceed at Dinner, let him refrain a Supper, &c.
We must all hang together or most assuredly we will all hang separately.
Up, sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough
Work while it is called today, for you know not how much you will be hindered tomorrow. One today is worth two tomorrow's; never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.
We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.
Fools need advice most, but wise men only are the better for it.
Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.