Benjamin Franklin Quotes About Friendship

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  • Do good to your friends to keep them, to your enemies to win them.

  • There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

    Poor Richard's Almanack, June 1738
  • Our friend and we were invited aboard on a party of pleasure, which is to last forever. His chair was ready first, and he has gone before us. We could not all conveniently start together; and why should you and I be grieved at this, since we are soon to follow, and know where to find him.

    Benjamin Franklin, E. Sargent (1855). “The select works of Benjamin Franklin”, p.418
  • A friend in need is a friend indeed!

    Donald Mackintosh, Benjamin Franklin (1819). “Collection of Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases ... To which is added, 'The way to wealth' by Benjamin Franklin”, p.17
  • Tis a great confidence in a friend to tell him your faults; greater to tell him his.

    Benjamin Franklin (2013). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.38, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
  • A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines.

    Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.15, Courier Corporation
  • No better relation than a prudent and faithful friend.

    Benjamin Franklin (2012). “Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.14, Courier Corporation
  • If you would keep your secret from an enemy, tell it not to a friend.

    "The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac".
  • Remember this Saying, 'That the good Paymaster is Lord of another Man's Purse.' He that is known to pay punctually and exactly to the Time he promises, may at any Time, and on any Occasion, raise all the Money his Friends can spare.

    "Advice to a Young Tradesman, Written by an Old One" by Benjamin Franklin and D. Hall, printed in George Fisher "The American Instructor: or Young Man’s Best Companion" (pp. 375-377), founders.archives.gov. July 21, 1748.
  • Friends and neighbors complain that taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the government were the only ones we had to pay, we might the more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly.

  • If you'd be beloved, make yourself amiable. A true friend is the best possession.

  • Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.

    Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Way to Wealth and Poor Richard's Almanac”, Nayika Publishing
  • You and I were long friends: you are now my enemy, and I am yours.

    Mark Skousen, Benjamin Franklin (2005). “The Compleated Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin”, p.109, Regnery Publishing
  • Make use of your friends by being of use to them.

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Benjamin Franklin

  • Born: January 17, 1706
  • Died: April 17, 1790
  • Occupation: Founding Father of the United States