Benjamin Franklin

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little
temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.

A benevolent man should allow a few faults in himself, to keep his friends in countenance.

Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.

Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve.

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change read more

For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.

Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors.

Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors.