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Benjamin Franklin Quotes about Sleep

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Plough deep while sluggards sleep.

Plough deep while sluggards sleep.

Benjamin Franklin
Success, Work, Sleep
Benjamin Franklin, William-Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818”, p.249

Fatigue is the best pillow.

Benjamin Franklin
Sleep, Insomnia, Liberty

Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.

Benjamin Franklin
Sleep, Corn, Diligence
Benjamin Franklin, William-Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818”, p.249

A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave.

Benjamin Franklin
Motivation, Sleep, Two
Benjamin Franklin (1839). “The Life and Miscellaneous Writings of Benjamin Franklin”, p.49

There will be plenty of time to sleep once you are dead

Benjamin Franklin
Sleep, Time To Sleep, Plenty

The sleeping fox catches no poultry.

Benjamin Franklin
Business, Educational, Sleep
Benjamin Franklin (2008). “The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Easyread Edition”, p.243, ReadHowYouWant.com

I look upon death to be as necessary to our constitution as sleep. We shall rise refreshed in the morning.

Benjamin Franklin
Good Morning, Death, Sleep
Benjamin Franklin, John Bigelow (2011). “The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself”, p.288, Cambridge University Press

If we can sleep without dreaming, it is well that painful dreams are avoided. If, while we sleep, we can have any pleasing dreams, it is as the French say, tant gagne, so much added to the pleasure of life.

Benjamin Franklin
Dream, Sleep, Painful
Benjamin Franklin (1853). “The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself: To which is Added His Miscellaneous Essays”, p.246

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