The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Quotes

“From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.”

― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

topic:readingbooks

“Industry need not wish, and he that lives upon hope will die fasting.”

― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

topic:hope

“'Tis hard for an empty bag to stand upright.”

― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

topic:virtuepoverty

“Nothing so likely to make a man's fortune as virtue.”

― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

topic:virtuesuccess

“There was great difference in persons; and discretion did not always accompany years, nor was youth always without it.”

― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

topic:youthage

“A man being sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps thro' fear of being thought to have but little.”

― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

topic:povertymoney

“If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some; for, he that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.”

― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

topic:moneysorrowvalue

“Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship; and again, who dainties love, shall beggars prove; and moreover, fools make feasts, and wise men eat them.”

― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

topic:money

“Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries.”

― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

topic:moneyneed

“It was about this time I conceived the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection.”

― Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

topic:morality