Benjamin Franklin Honor Quotations

He that hath a calling, hath an office of profit and honor.

Private property ... is a Creature of Society, and is subject to the Calls of that Society, whenever its Necessities shall require it, even to its last Farthing, its contributors therefore to the public Exigencies are not to be considered a Benefit on the Public, entitling the Contributors to the Distinctions of Honor and Power, but as the Return of an Obligation previously received, or as payment for a just Debt.

Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous

He that hath a trade hath an estate; and he that hath a calling hath a place of profit and honor. A ploughman on his legs is higher than a gentleman on his knees.

It is observable that God has often called men to places of dignity and honor when they have been busy in the honest employment of their vocation.

Necessity never made a good bargain.

He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor.