Quotes by Franklin, Benjamin

Furnished as all Europe now is with Academies of Science, with nice in >>

Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in. >>

If you desire many things, many things will seem few. >>

Quotations about Modesty

The modest person is usually admired, if people ever hear of them. >>

Although modesty is natural to man, it is not natural to children. Mod >>

I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty. But I am too busy >>

To be humble to superiors is duty, to equals courtesy, to inferiors nobleness.

Franklin, Benjamin