Benjamin Franklin

I know not which lives more unnatural lives, obeying husbands, or commanding wives.

Benjamin Franklin

I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning.

Benjamin Franklin

I resolve to speak ill of no man whatever, not even in a matter of truth; but rather by some means excuse the faults I hear charged upon others, and upon proper occasions speak all the good I know of everybody.

Benjamin Franklin

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

Benjamin Franklin

I think vital religion has always suffered when orthodoxy is more regarded than virtue. And the scriptures assure me that at the last day we shall not be examined on what we thought, but what we did.

Benjamin Franklin

Idle hands are the devil’s playthings.

Benjamin Franklin

If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.

Benjamin Franklin

If principle is good for anything, it is worth living up to.

Benjamin Franklin

If the elbow had been placed closer to the hand, the forearm would have been too short to bring the glass to the mouth; and if it had been closer to the shoulder, the forearm would have been so long that it would have carried the glass beyond the mouth.

Benjamin Franklin

If you can’t pay for a thing, don’t buy it. If you can’t get paid for it, don’t sell it.

Benjamin Franklin