Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He is the only Founding Father who is a signatory of four of the major documents: the Declaration of Independence, the Franco-American Treaty, the Treaty of Paris and the United States Constitution.
班哲文·富蘭克林（1706—1790年），他是唯一美國開國元勳參與簽署"獨立宣言", "法美美洲條約", 1783年"巴黎條約", 和"美國憲法"。
953. Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. 中文 / Chinese：
人生的悲劇是我們老得太早和明智得太遲。
954. In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. 中文 / Chinese：
在這世界裡沒有事情是肯定的，除了死亡和納稅。
955. A place for everything, everything in its place. 中文 / Chinese：
所有事物都有位置，所有事物都在其位置。
956. A soft tongue may strike hard. 中文 / Chinese：
一條柔軟的舌頭可能猛烈的攻擊。
957. Those who in quarrels interpose, must often wipe a bloody nose. 中文 / Chinese：
那些人調解爭執，一定時常抹鼻血。
958. To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish. 中文 / Chinese：
犯錯是人性，懺悔是神性，執著是魔性。
959. Necessity never made a good bargain. 中文 / Chinese：
必需品從來不會有好磋商。
960. There never was a good war or a bad peace. 中文 / Chinese：
從來不會有好的戰爭或壞的和平。
961. Speak ill of no man, but speak all the good you know of everybody. 中文 / Chinese：
不說人短，但說盡人長。
962. If you will not hear reason, she will surely rap your knuckles. 中文 / Chinese：
假如你不聽理由，她肯定會重敲你的指節。
646. Diligence is the mother of luck. 中文 / Chinese：
勤奮是幸運之母。
647. Anger is never without a reason, but seldom a good one. 中文 / Chinese：
發怒總有理由，但很少是好的。
648”Perhaps the history of the errors of mankind, all things considered, is more valuable and interesting than that of their discoveries. 中文 / Chinese：
經過所有衡量後，大概人類所犯過的過錯，比他們的發現更有趣和有價值。
649. Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. 中文 / Chinese：
記得不只是在適當地方說適當的話，但最難的是，在引誘的時候不說錯的話。
650. Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow. 中文 / Chinese：
你工作要像你可以活一百歲。你祈禱要像你明天死亡。
651. When in doubt, don't. 中文 / Chinese：
當你有懷疑，不要。
652. Wise men don’t need advice. Fools won’t take it. 中文 / Chinese：
聰明人不需要勸告。蠢人不會接受勸告。
653. An egg today is better than a hen tomorrow. 中文 / Chinese：
今天的雞蛋比明天的母雞較好。
503. Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man. 中文 / Chinese：
和你的罪惡開戰，和鄰居和好，讓每個新年你都更好。
504. He that is of the opinion that money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money. 中文 / Chinese：
認為金錢是萬能的人，會被人有充分理由懷疑做什麼事都是為了錢。
505. Well done is better than well said. 中文 / Chinese：
說得好不如做得好。
506. A good conscience is a continual Christmas. 中文 / Chinese：
一個好的良心是連續的聖誕節。
507. A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body. 中文 / Chinese：
一間屋不是一個家除非它有食物和火給身體和思想。
507. Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late. 中文 / Chinese：
人生的悲劇是我們衰老太早和聰明太遲。
508. Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech. 中文 / Chinese：
沒有思想自由，就沒有智慧。沒有言論自由，就沒有人民的自由。
509. It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man. 中文 / Chinese：
工作的人是快樂人。閒置的人是可憐的。
8. Take this remark from Richard poor and lame, Whate'er's begun in anger ends in shame. - (Richard is the pseudonym of 'Poor Richard's Almanack' published by Benjamin Franklin) 中文 / Chinese：
聽又窮又跛的李察意見，任何可能從忿怒開始的總會耻辱收場。（李察是富蘭克林的筆名）。
9. Energy and persistence conquer all things. 中文 / Chinese： 精力和堅持征服一切。
10. Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody. 中文 / Chinese： 誰是明智的？他從每個人那裡學習。誰是強大的?他控制著他的激情。誰是富人？他是满足的。那他是誰？沒人。
11. You may delay, but time will not. 中文 / Chinese： 你可以拖延，但時間不會。
12. Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor. 中文 / Chinese：
滿足令窮人富有，不滿足令富人貧窮。
13. Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn. 中文 / Chinese：
告訴我,我會忘記; 教導我,我會記得;讓我參與,我會學習。
14. Do you love life? Then do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of. 中文 / Chinese：
你愛生命嗎？所以不要亂用時間，因為生命就是由它來做成。
15. Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is. 中文 / Chinese：
曾經貧窮並不羞恥，但因為曾經貧窮而感覺羞恥是。
