Benjamin Franklin

The good will of the governed will be starved if not fed by the good deeds of the governors.

Benjamin Franklin

The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hear much; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of our friends; never to pretend to wit, but to make that of others appear as much as possibly we can; to hearken.

Benjamin Franklin

The greatest inventions are those inquiries which tend to increase the power of man over matter.

Benjamin Franklin

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

Benjamin Franklin

The height of foolishness is to discard an opportunity without full investigation.

Benjamin Franklin

The Honey is sweet, but the Bee has a Sting.

Benjamin Franklin

The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense.

Benjamin Franklin

The madness of mobs or the insolence of soldiers, or both, when too near to each other, occasion some mischief.

Benjamin Franklin

The moral and religious system which Jesus Christ transmitted to us is the best the world has ever seen, or can see.

Benjamin Franklin

The most acceptable service of God is doing good to man.

Benjamin Franklin