Benjamin Franklin1706–1790The quotations of
Benjamin Franklin
American polymath and statesman
1706–1790
98 quotes, most often on Money, Success and Work. Part of the Founding Fathers and Scientists collections.
- Poor Richard’s Almanack
- Poor Richard’s Almanack
- Poor Richard’s Almanack
- The Autobiography (1818), Part I, p. 28
- Poor Richard’s Almanack
Life’s Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late.
- Poor Richard’s Almanack
To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
- “Father Abraham’s Speech,” preface to: “Poor Richard Improved, 1758,” Founders Online, National Archives, accessed 27 May 2020. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 7, October 1, 1756 through March 31, 1758, ed. Leonard W. Labaree.
I guess I don’t so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.
- As quoted in Edge-Tools of Speech (1899) by Maturin Murray Ballou, p. 177.
- Poor Richard’s Almanack
