Robert Borcherding > Robert's Quotes

“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”
― Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack

“Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“A Penny Saved is a Penny Earned”
― Benjamin Franklin

“In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

[misquote of a letter about wine, see quotes/831031]”
― Benjamin Franklin

“The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“I am for doing good to the poor, but...I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. I observed...that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”
― Benjamin Franklin, The Way to Wealth: Ben Franklin on Money and Success

“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Never confuse Motion with Action.”
― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

“There was never a bad peace or a good war.”
― Ben Franklin

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“When you're testing to see how deep water is, never use two feet.”
― Ben Franklin

“...but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”
― Benjamin Franklin, The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, LL.D ...: Comprising a Series of Letters on Miscellaneous, Literary, and Political Subjects ...

“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Life biggest tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Never leave till tomorrow that which you can do today.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“Security without liberty is called prison.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“The problem with doing nothing is that you never know when you're finished.”
― Nelson DeMille

“It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“The only thing that is more expensive than education is ignorance.”
― Benjamin Franklin

“He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas.”
― Benjamin Franklin