To the generous mind the heaviest debt is that of gratitude, when it is not in our power to repay it.
Benjamin FranklinIf this lady is pleased to spend her days with Franklin, he would be just as pleased to spend his nights with her.
Benjamin FranklinYou have on hand those things that you need if you have but the wit and wisdom to use them.
Benjamin FranklinAs we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.
Benjamin FranklinThat wise Men have in all Ages thought Government necessary for the Good of Mankind; and, that wise Governments have always thought Religion necessary for the well ordering and well-being of Society, and accordingly have been ever careful to encourage and protect the Ministers of it, paying them the highest publick Honours, that their Doctrines might thereby meet with the greater Respect among the common People.
Benjamin Franklin