I ask no risen dust to teach me immortality; I am conscious of eternal life.

Who escapes a duty, avoids a gain.

The joy of heaven will begin as soon as we attain the character of heaven, and do its duties.

That which is called liberality is frequently nothing more than the vanity of giving.

The coat of the buffalo never pinches under the arm, never puckers at the shoulders; it is always the same, yet never old fashioned nor out of date.

The miraculous revelation of the Old Testament and the New, the miracles of famous men, Jews, Gentiles, or Christians, — then Franklin had no religion at all; and it would be an insult to say that he believed in the popular theology of his time, or of ours, for I find not a line from his pen indicating any such belief.

Wealth and want equally harden the human heart...