Benjamin Franklin Quotes About Diamonds

• There are three things extremely hard: steel, a diamond, and to know one's self.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Acceptance, Self, Jewels

  Benjamin Franklin (1962). “Representative selections: with introduction, bibliography, and notes”

• Let honesty be as the breath of thy soul; then shalt thou reach the point of happiness, and independence shall be thy shield and buckler, thy helmet and crown; then shall thy soul walk upright, nor stoop to the silken wretch because he hath riches, nor pocket an abuse because the hand which offers it wears a ring set with diamonds.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Honesty, Lying, Hands

  Benjamin Franklin (1824). “The Works with His Life /Franklin, Benjamin”, p.149

• What more valuable than Gold? Diamonds. Than Diamonds? Virtue.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Gold, Virtue, Diamond

  Benjamin Franklin (2004). “Poor Richard's Almanack”, p.200, Barnes & Noble Publishing

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