Idea Book
Benjamin Franklin

Speak little, do much  Benjamin Franklin

How can they advise, if they see but a Part?  Benjamin Franklin

Nothing humbler than Ambition, when it is about to climb  Benjamin Franklin

The U.S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it.  You have to catch up with it yourself.  Benjamin Franklin

The best investment is in the tools of one's own trade  Benjamin Franklin

Keep thy eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards  Benjamin Franklin

Well done is better than well said  Benjamin Franklin

To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it  Benjamin Franklin

Fatigue is the best pillow  Benjamin Franklin

The longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of man; and if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid?  Benjamin Franklin

Success has ruined many a man  Benjamin Franklin

We must all hang together, or we shall all hang separately  Benjamin Franklin

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

One today is worth two tomorrows  Benjamin Franklin

Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors  Benjamin Franklin