All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in — Benjamin Franklin
For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information — Benjamin Franklin
As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence. — Benjamin Franklin
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbours, and let every new year find you a better man. — Benjamin Franklin
Marriage is the most natural state of man, and… the state in which you will find solid happiness. — Benjamin Franklin
I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. — Benjamin Franklin
It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that — Benjamin Franklin
In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires. — Benjamin Franklin
Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it. — Benjamin Franklin
Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain the lazy one never. — Benjamin Franklin
It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man. — Benjamin Franklin
It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it. — Benjamin Franklin
It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes — Benjamin Franklin