Benjamin Franklin

On the whole, though I never arrived at the perfection I had been so ambitious of obtaining, but fell far short of it, yet as I was, by the endeavor, a better and a happier man than I otherwise should have been had I not attempted it

Benjamin Franklin

One good husband is worth two good wives, for the scarcer things are, the more they are valued.

Benjamin Franklin

One mend-fault is worth two find-faults, but one find-fault is better than two make-faults.

Benjamin Franklin

One of the advantages of being a ‘reasonable creature’ is that one can find a reason for whatever one wants to do.

Benjamin Franklin

One of the greatest tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a gang of brutal facts.

Benjamin Franklin

Onions can make even Heirs and Widows weep.

Benjamin Franklin

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.

Benjamin Franklin

Our limited perspective, our hopes and fears become our measure of life, and when circumstances don’t fit our ideas, they become our difficulties.

Benjamin Franklin

Our supper was only half an anchovy each, on a very little strip of bread and butter, and half a pint of ale between us; but the entertainment was in her conversation.

Benjamin Franklin

Our whole life is but a greater and longer childhood.

Benjamin Franklin