Strange secrets are let out by Death Who blabs so oft the follies of this world. Benjamin Franklin More Quotes by Benjamin Franklin More Quotes From Benjamin Franklin You made delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again. Benjamin Franklin delayprocrastinationtime Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste. Benjamin Franklin haste-makes-wastehatetime He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing. Benjamin Franklin debt-by-founding-fathersawe-inspiringmoney The doors of wisdom are never shut. Benjamin Franklin learningwisdominspirational The securest place is a prison cell, but there is no liberty Benjamin Franklin libertycellsprison The way to wealth is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality: that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both. Without industry and frugality nothing will do, and with them everything. Benjamin Franklin moneyorganizationtime A man in a passion, rides a mad horse. Benjamin Franklin horsewisdomwise If you watch your pennies, the pounds will take care of themselves. Benjamin Franklin carepennieswatches The best investment is in the tools of one's own trade. Benjamin Franklin investmenttradetools Wars are not paid for in wartime. The bill comes later. Benjamin Franklin billsmoneywar Poverty wants some things, Luxury many things, Avarice all things Benjamin Franklin avarice-greedluxurywant At twenty years of age the will reigns; at thirty, the wit; and at forty, the judgment. Benjamin Franklin growing-uptimebirthday The second vice is lying, the first is running in debt. Benjamin Franklin debt-freerunninglying In 1736 I lost one of my sons, a fine boy of four years old, by the small-pox, taken in the common way. I long regretted bitterly, and still regret that I had not given it to him by inoculation. This I mention for the sake of parents who omit that operation, on the supposition that they should never forgive themselves if a child died under it; my example showing that the regret may be the same either way, and that, therefore, the safer should be chosen. Benjamin Franklin regrettakenchildren One day is worth a thousand tomorrows. Benjamin Franklin one-daytomorrowthousand Silence is not always a sign of wisdom, but babbling is ever a mark of folly. Benjamin Franklin follymarksilence Wine is constant proof that God loves us and loves to see us happy. Benjamin Franklin inspirationallovefunny Many complain of their memory, few of their judgment. Benjamin Franklin judgementhumorousmemories He that pursues two hares at once, does not catch one and lets the other go. Benjamin Franklin haresdoetwo Some volumes against Deism fell into my hands ... they produced an effect precisely the reverse to what was intended by the writers; for the arguments of the Deists, which were cited in order to be refuted, appeared to me much more forcibly than the refutation itself; in a word, I soon became a thorough Deist. Benjamin Franklin orderhandsreligion
