In going on with these Experiments, how many pretty systems do we build, which we soon find ourselves oblig'd to destroy! If there is no other Use discover'd of Electricity, this, however, is something considerable, that it may help to make a vain Man humble.
Benjamin FranklinMy refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chid for my singularity.
Benjamin FranklinThe church, the state, and the poor, are 3 daughters which we should maintain, but not portion off.
Benjamin FranklinSome volumes against Deism fell into my hands ... they produced an effect precisely the reverse to what was intended by the writers; for the arguments of the Deists, which were cited in order to be refuted, appeared to me much more forcibly than the refutation itself; in a word, I soon became a thorough Deist.
Benjamin Franklin