Benjamin Franklin Quotes

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

What is cowardice in the young is wisdom in the old, but all the same one can be ashamed of wisdom.”

It is not hoary hairs that bring wisdom; some have an old head on young shoulders.

The age doesn't really matter to me as it seems to matter to other people. A lot of people think that youth or age is the total sum of your knowledge about anything, and it's absolutely untrue. I think I might have even known more five years ago than I do now.

People say, "Age is just a number." A lot of times it's not just a number. It's actually a real and true sign of someone's maturity. But in this case, she's fantastic.

A young fellow ought to be wiser than he should seem to be; and an old fellow ought to seem wise whether he really be so or not.

I am not young enough to know everything.

It gets really tricky giving advice. The older I get, the less advice I give.

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.

Invention is the talent of youth, as judgment is of age.

I've always played way older than my age. It's the experience behind my eyes or something.

I'm young but I'm not stupid.

Experience is a revelation in the light of which we renounce our errors of youth for those of age.

No man is ever old enough to know better.

When you're young, you don't have any experience - you're charged up, but you're out of control. And if you're old and you're not charged up, then all you have is memories. But if you're charged and stimulated by what's going on around you, and you also have experience, you know what to appreciate and what to pass by.

Rashness belongs to youth; prudence to old age.

In youth and beauty, wisdom is but rare!

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

Tom Brokaw was never young.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it.

Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young.

You can be young and still have views and opinions.

Older people, who just happen to have been around longer, may not be cleverer than the young, but they have seen more.

What an elder sees sitting; the young can't see standing.