Benjamin Franklin Littles Quotations

It seems to me, that if statesmen had a little more arithmetic, or were accustomed to calculation, wars would be much less frequent.

Speak little, do much.

Much Virtue in Herbs, little in Men.

The poor have little; beggars, none; the rich, too much; enough, not one.

Little boats should keep near shore

Half-wits talk much, but say little.

All the little money that ever came into my hands was ever laid out in books.

Praise little, dispraise less.

He that would travel much, should eat little.

Great talkers are little doers.

Great talkers, little doers.

Little rogues easily become great ones.

Little leaks sink the ship.

A little Religion, and a little Honesty, goes a great way in Courts.

A little House well fill'd, a little Field well till'd, and a little Wife well will'd, are great Riches.

A little sturdiness when superiors are much in the wrong sometimes occasions consideration. And there is truth in the old saying that if you make yourself a sheep, the wolves will eat you.

I am about courting a girl I have had but little acquaintance with. How shall I come to a knowledge of her faults, and whether she has the virtues I imagine she has? Answer. Commend her among her female acquaintances.

A little neglect may breed great mischief.

If time be of all things most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality, since lost time is never found again; and what we call time enough always proves little enough. Let us then be up and doing, and doing to a purpose; so by diligence shall we do more with less perplexity

There is no little enemy

Hereafter, if you should observe an occasion to give your officers and friends a little more praise than is their due, and confess more fault than you can justly be charged with, you will only become the sooner for it, a great captain.

Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith.

A man is sometimes more generous when he has but a little money than when he has plenty, perhaps through fear of being thought to have but little.

Lost time is never found again, and what we call time enough, always proves little enough.