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 (1735)
- (1706-1790), Poor Richard’s Almanac
- Poor Richard’s Almanack
Would you live with ease? Do what you ought, not what you please.
Poor Richard’s Almanack- “July. VII Month.”, Poor Richard’s Almanack (1758), Philadelphia: B. Frankin and D. Hall
- Date unclear
- Letter to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy (13 November 1789), quoting a popular phrase dated back to the 1716 play The Cobbler of Preston, written by Christopher Bullock.
- Petition from the Pennsylvania Society (1790)
- Poor Richard’s Almanack (1756)
- Letter to Josiah Quincy (11 September 1783)
Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us.
“On True Happiness”, Pennsylvania Gazette (20 November 1735).- Letter to Charles Thomson, 11 July 1765
