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
Wife from thy Spouse each blemish hide More than from all the World beside: Let DECENCY be all thy Pride.
Old Hob was lately married in the Night, What needed Day, his fair young Wife is light.
You cannot pluck roses without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns
You can not pluck roses without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns.
An undutiful daughter will prove an unmanageable wife.
He that takes a wife, takes care
You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?
He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed.
I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands, or commanding wives.
Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.
You will discover 3 trustworthy mates, an aged wife, an aged canine, and ready dollars.
If you want a neat wife, choose her on a Saturday.
Don't you know, that all wives are in the right? It may be you don't, for you are yet a young husband.
The good or ill hap of a good or ill life, is the good or ill choice of a good or ill wife.