Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklinwas one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions. He facilitated many civic organizations, including...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth17 January 1706
CityBoston, MA
CountryUnited States of America
Eat and drink such an exact Quantity as the Constitution of thy Body allows of, in reference to the Services of the Mind.
To whom thy secret thou dost tell, To him thy freedom thou dost sell
Wife from thy Spouse each blemish hide More than from all the World beside: Let DECENCY be all thy Pride.
Love thy neighbor -- but don't pull down your hedge.
Search others for virtues, thyself for thy vices.
Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices
Let thy maidservant be faithful, strong, and homely
Let thy Child's first Lesson be Obedience, and the second will be what thou wilt
Let thy child's first lesson be obedience, and the second may be what thou wilt.
Turn Turk Tim, and renounce thy Faith in Words as well as Actions: Is it worse to follow Mahomet than the Devil?
Would thou confound thy enemy, be good thyself.
Defer not thy well-doing; be not like St. George, who is always a horseback, and never rides on.
Buy what thou hast no need of and ere long thou shalt sell thy necessaries
When a man and a woman die, as poets sung, His heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue