Benjamin Franklin Half Quotations

A single man has not nearly the value he would have in a state of union. He is an incomplete animal. He resembles the odd half of a pair of scissors.

Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.

Half-wits talk much, but say little.

An infallible Remedy for the Tooth-ach, viz Wash the Root of an aching Tooth, in Elder Vinegar, and let it dry half an hour in the Sun; after which it will never ach more; Probatum est.

After all, wedlock is the natural state of man. A bachelor is not a complete human being. He is like the odd half of a pair of scissors, which has not yet found its fellow, and therefore is not even half so useful as they might be together.

If a man could half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.

What pains our Justice takes his faults to hide, With half that pains sure he might cure 'em quite

If man could have half his wishes he would double his troubles

The King's cheese is half wasted in parings: But no matter, 'tis made of the people's milk