Private property...is the creature of society and is subject to the calls of that society even to the last farthing.

"We hold these truths to be sacred and undeniable" in a draft of the Declaration of Independence changes it instead into an assertion of rationality. The scientific mind of Franklin drew on the scientific determinism of Isaac Newton and the analytic empiricism of David Hume and Gottfried Leibniz. In what became known as "Hume's Fork" the latters' theory distinguished between synthetic truths that describe matters of fact, and analytic truths that are self-evident by virtue of reason and definition.

Poverty, Poetry, and new Titles of Honor, make Men ridiculous

Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.

Those who give up liberty for the sake of security, deserve neither liberty nor security.

Courteous Reader, Astrology is one of the most ancient Sciences, held in high esteem of old, by the Wise and the Great. Formerly, no Prince would make War or Peace, nor any General fight in Battle, in short, no important affair was undertaken without first consulting an Astrologer.

One day is worth a thousand tomorrows.