There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. Benjamin Franklin on great
It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous. Benjamin Franklin on great
Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day. Benjamin Franklin on great
The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. Benjamin Franklin on happiness
The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. Benjamin Franklin on happiness
Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has the more one wants. Benjamin Franklin on happiness
Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness. Benjamin Franklin on happiness
A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. Benjamin Franklin on home
A place for everything, everything in its place. Benjamin Franklin on inspirational
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest. Benjamin Franklin on knowledge
The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. Benjamin Franklin on knowledge
Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. Benjamin Franklin on learning
Being ignorant is not so much a shame, as being unwilling to learn. Benjamin Franklin on learning
Life's Tragedy is that we get old to soon and wise too late. Benjamin Franklin on life
A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave. Benjamin Franklin on life
Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. Benjamin Franklin on life
I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage authors have, of correcting in a second edition the faults of the first. Benjamin Franklin on life