Quotes by Franklin, Benjamin

Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments. >>

Our necessities never equal our wants. >>

Genius without education is like silver in the mine. >>

Quotations about Friends and Friendship

One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possi >>

Friendship is love with understanding. >>

Friendship with oneself is all-important, because without it one canno >>

Friends and neighbors, the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly; and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing abatement.

Franklin, Benjamin