Poor Richard Quotes - Page 3

• If you have no Honey in your Pot, have some in your Mouth.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Mouths, Honey, Pot

  Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.33, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• For want of a naile the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.

  George Herbert

  Horse, Shoes, Want

  George Herbert (1874). “The Complete Works of George Herbert: Prose”, p.340

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• The most exquisite folly is made of wisdom spun too fine.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Wise, Wisdom, Made

  Benjamin Franklin (1998). “Benjamin Franklin Wit and Wisdom”, p.24, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• Tis against some mens principle to pay interest, and seems against others interest to pay the principle.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Men, Principles, Debt

  Benjamin Franklin, Ormond Seavey (1998). “Autobiography and Other Writings”, p.283, Oxford University Press, USA

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• The poor man must walk to get meat for his stomach,
  the rich man to get a stomach to his meat.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Men, Meat, Rich

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.27, Barnes & Noble 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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• 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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• He that is rich need not live sparingly,
  and he that can live sparingly need not be rich.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Needs, Rich

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.22, Nayika Publishing

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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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• He that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and lets the other go.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Two, Doe, Hares

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.22, Nayika Publishing

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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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• 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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• Industry pays debts, while despair increases them.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Business, Despair, Debt

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.2, Nayika Publishing

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• The borrower is a slave to the lender and the debtor to the creditor.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Business, Debtors, Slave

  Benjamin Franklin, Ormond Seavey (1998). “Autobiography and Other Writings”, p.272, Oxford University Press, USA

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• He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Caring, Care, Riches

  Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, p.23, Nayika Publishing

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• Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed; too severe, seldom executed.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Forgiveness, Government, Law

  Poor Richard's Almanack, May 1756

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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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• It's the easiest thing in the world for a man to deceive himself.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Strength, Being Strong, Stay Strong

  Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.78, Skyhorse Publishing, 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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• Get what you can, and what you get hold; 'tis the Stone that will turn all your Lead into Gold.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Gold, Stones, Turns

  Benjamin Franklin, William-Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818”, p.253

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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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• 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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• 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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• Life with Fools consists in Drinking; with the wise Man, living's Thinking.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Wise, Drinking, Men

  Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.97, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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