Benjamin Franklin Quotes
Browse 65 quotes from Benjamin Franklin, featuring insights on success, personal growth, leadership, mindset, and achievement.
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“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
“Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.”
“If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.”
“A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.”
“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do things worth writing.”
“Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.”
“A penny saved is a penny earned.”
“The way to wealth depends on just two words, industry and frugality.”
“If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.”
“The best investment is in the tools of one's own trade.”
“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”
“The best is cheapest.”
“Drive thy business or it will drive thee.”
“Remember, that money is of the prolific, generating nature. Money can beget money, and its offspring can beget more.”
“Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.”
