Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly and, if you speak, speak accordingly.
Benjamin FranklinLife is rather a state of embryo, a preparation for life; a man is not completely born till he has passed through death.
Benjamin FranklinA [desire] to abolish slavery prevails in North America, many of the Pennsylvanians have set their slaves at liberty, and [Virginia legislators] have petitioned the King for permission to make a law for preventing the importation of more [slaves] into that colony. This request, however, will probably not be granted, as their former laws of that kind have always been repealed.
Benjamin Franklin