Benjamin Franklin
10 quotes
“Public Disputes warm the Imagination, whet the Industry, and strengthen the natural Abilities.”
“Remember, that credit is money. If a man lets his money lie in my hands after it is due, he gives me interest, or so much as I can make of it during that time. This amounts to a considerable sum where a man has good and large credit, and makes good use of it.”
“Advice to a Friend on Choosing a Mistress”
“If you would keep your Secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend. Up, Sluggard, and waste not life; in the grave will be sleeping enough. September 1741. “Poor Richard, 1741,” Founders Online , National Archives, accessed 27 May 2020. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin , vol. 2, January 1, 1735, through December 31, 1744 , ed. Leonard W. Labaree. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1961, pp. 292”
“On Freedom of Speech and the Press”
“Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. "On True Happiness", Pennsylvania Gazette (20 November 1735).”
“Apology for Printers”
“Transcript of Benjamin Franklin, Epitaph”
“Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion”
“What! bring ourselves down to an Equality with the Beasts of the Field! with the meanest part of the Creation ! 'Tis insufferable!”