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
Promises may get thee Friends, but Nonperformance will turn them into Enemies.
Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance.
Who has deceived thee as oft as thyself.
Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee.
Drive thy business or it will drive thee.
Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.
Who had deceived thee so often as thyself?
Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows.
Let thy vices die before thee.
Be not niggardly of what costs thee nothing, as courtesy, counsel, & countenance.
Keep thou from the Opportunity, and God will keep thee from the Sin.
When a man and a woman die, as poets sung, His heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue
The school looks very good. The uniforms are a good thing. It will be easy for my wife. She won't have to fight about clothes.
It would be thought a hard Government that should tax its People one tenth Part of their Time, to be employed in its Service.