Finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall, in some shape or other, always exist.
Benjamin FranklinChess is so interesting in itself, as not to need the view of gain to induce engaging in it; and thence it is never played for money
Benjamin FranklinHistory will also give occasion to expatiate on the advantage of civil orders and constitutions; how men and their properties are protected by joining in societies and establishing government; their industry encouraged and rewarded, arts invented, and life made more comfortable; the advantages of liberty, mischiefs of licentiousness, benefits arising from good laws and a due execution of justice. Thus may the first principles of sound politics be fixed in the minds of youth.
Benjamin Franklin