Benjamin Franklin Quotes

If a man empties his purse into his head no one can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments.

Idleness is the Dead Sea that swallows all virtues.

Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease.

Sloth, like rust, consumes faster than labor wears, while the used key is always bright.

Clean your finger before you point at my spots.

It is better to take many Injuries than to give one.

Humility makes great men twice honorable.

Fish and guests stink in three days.

He that lives upon Hope, dies fasting.