Quotes by Franklin, Benjamin

The proof of gold is fire... >>

Tricks and treachery are the practice of fools, that don't have brains >>

Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resol >>

Quotations about Slander

To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can hi >>

The slanders poured down like Niagara. If you take into consideration >>

What is said of a man is nothing. The point is, who says it. >>

I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintances.

Franklin, Benjamin