Poor Richard Quotes - Page 2

• Little boats should keep near shore

  Benjamin Franklin

  Row Boats, Littles, Should

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1809). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.241

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• You can bear your own faults, and why not a fault in your wife?

  Benjamin Franklin

  Marriage, Humorous, Wife

  Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.39, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Friendship, Fake Friends

  Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.15, Courier Corporation

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• You can not pluck roses without fear of thorns, Nor enjoy a fair wife without danger of horns.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Marriage, Fear, Wife

  Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.41, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Three things are men most likely to be cheated in, a horse, a wig, and a wife.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Cheating, Horse, Men

  Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.19, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other, and scarce in that; for it is true we may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, School, Giving

  Benjamin Franklin (1986). “The Autobiography and Other Writings”, p.220, Penguin

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• Old boys have their playthings as well as young ones; the difference is only in the price.

  Benjamin Franklin

  4th Of July, Boys, Differences

  Poor Richard's Almanack, Aug. 1752

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• Let no pleasure tempt thee, no profit allure thee, no persuasion move thee, to do anything which thou knowest to be evil; so shalt thou always live jollity; for a good conscience is a continual Christmas.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Christmas, Integrity, Moving

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• Think What You Do When You Run in Debt: You Give to Another Power over Your Liberty

  Benjamin Franklin

  Running, Thinking, Debt Free

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.291, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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

  Benjamin Franklin

  Spring, Toil, Ease

  Benjamin Franklin (1820). “Poor Richard; or, The way to wealth”, p.11

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• A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Motivational, Leadership, Teamwork

  Benjamin Franklin (2010). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Penn Reading Project Edition”, p.11, University of Pennsylvania Press

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• Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.

  Benjamin Franklin

  War, Men, May

  Benjamin Franklin (1905). “The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Written by Himself. Now First Edited from Original Manuscripts and from His Printed Correspondence and Other Writings”

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• Sin is not hurtful because it is forbidden,
  but it is forbidden because it is hurtful.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Hurtful, Sin, Forbidden Fruit

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.35, Nayika Publishing

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• Thou can'st not joke an enemy into a friend,
  but thou may'st a friend into an enemy.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Enemy, May, Jokes

  Benjamin Franklin (1998). “Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom”, p.50, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Motivation, Sleep, Two

  Benjamin Franklin (1839). “The Life and Miscellaneous Writings of Benjamin Franklin”, p.49

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• The discontented man finds no easy chair.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Men, Easy, Chairs

  Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.4, Courier Corporation

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• Observe all men, thyself most.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Men, Self Observation, Self Discovery

  Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.56, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Life, Destiny

  Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.31, Courier Corporation

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• When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Gratitude, Befriending, Remember

  Benjamin Franklin (2007). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.27, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Hear no ill of a friend, nor speak any of an enemy.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Enemy, Speak, Ill

  "The Art of Virtue: Ben Franklin's Formula for Successful Living".

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• Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Friendship, Real Friends, My Best Friend

  Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.38, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• Fear God, and your enemies will fear you.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Enemy, Fear God

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, Nayika Publishing

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• The use of money is all the advantage there is in having money.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Money, Use, Advantage

  Benjamin Franklin, Henry Stueber (1838). “The Life and Essays of Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Carefully Collected from His Own Papers, Containing All His Miscellaneous Pieces”, p.182

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• Not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Purses, Workmen

  Benjamin Franklin, William Temple Franklin (1809). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Benjamin Franklin ...”, p.239

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• They who have nothing to trouble them,
  will be troubled at nothing.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Trouble

  Benjamin Franklin (1987). “Poor Richard's Almanack: Being the Choicest Morsels of Wisdom, Written During the Years of the Almanack's Publication”, p.8, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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