Sayings of Benjamin Franklin

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
- Historical Review of Pennsylvania.

"God helps them that help themselves."
- from maxims prefixed to Poor Richard's Almanac, 1757.

"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of."
- Ibid.

"Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
- Ibid.

"Plough deep while sluggards sleep."
- Ibid.

"Never leave that till to-morrow which you can do to-day."
- Ibid.

"Little strokes fell great oaks."
- Ibid

"A little neglect may breed mischief: for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost."
- Ibid.

"He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing."
- Ibid.

"A man may, if he knows not how to save as he gets, keep his nose to the grindstone."
- Ibid.

"Vessels large may venture more, but little boats should keep near shore."
- Ibid.

"Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other."
- Ibid.

"Remember that time is money."
- Advice to a Young Tradesman, 1748.

"Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and parliaments. If we can get rid of the former, we may easily bear the latter."
- Letter on the Stamp Act, July 1, 1765.

"Here Skugg lies snug as a bug in a rug."
- Letter to Miss Georgiana Shipley, September, 1772.

"There never was a good war or a bad peace."
- Letter to Josiah Quincy, Sept. 11, 1773.

"We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately."
At the adopting of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.

"Our Constitution is in actual operation; everything appears to promise that it will last; but in this world nothing is certain but death and taxes."
- Letter to M. Leroy, 1789.

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