178 quotes
Vanity backbites more than Malice.
Poor Richard's Almanack (1745)
Handle your tools without mittens.
Poor Richard (1758)
Plough deep while sluggards sleep.
Poor Richard (1758)
A penny saved is two pence clear.
Poor Richard's Almanack (1733)
A dying man can do nothing easy.
Lost Time is never found again.
Poor Richard's Almanack (1749)
I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. The turkey is a much more respectable bird.
From a persuasion that equal liberty was originally the Portion, It is still the Birthright of all men.
Petition from the Pennsylvania Society (1790)
Many a long dispute among divines may be thus abridged: It is so. It is not. It is so. It is not.
Poor Richard's Almanack (1879)
In 200 years will people remember us as traitors or heros? That is the question we must ask.
Great Estates may venture more. Little Boats must keep near Shore.
Poor Richard (1751)
Do not, however, mistake me. It is not to my good friend's heresy that I impute his honesty. On the contrary, 'tis his honesty that has brought upon him the character of heretic.
The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.
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.
A Penny sav’d is Twopence clear, A Pin a day is a Groat a Year. Save & have. Every little makes a mickle.
Hints For Those That Would Be Rich (1737)
Here Skugg lies snug
As a bug in a rug.
These names of virtues, with their precepts, were:
1. TEMPERANCE. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation.
The Autobiography (1817)
The Doors of Wisdom are never shut.
Poor Richard's Almanack (1755)
One today is worth two tomorrows.
Experience, more prevalent than all the logic in the world, has fully convinced us all, that it (paper money issued directly by government) has been, and is now of the greatest advantages to the country.