Sublime

From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.

Un jour, Benjamin Franklin raconta qu’un nouveau venu dans son quartier demanda à l’un de ses voisins de lui rendre service en citant une vieille maxime : « Celui qui vous a déjà fait une faveur sera plus prompt à vous en faire une autre que celui que vous avez vous-même obligé

“The most acceptable service to God is doing good to man.”

It is necessary for me to be extremely frugal for some time, till I have paid what I owe. 2. To endeavor to speak truth in every instance; to give nobody expectations that are not likely to be answered, but aim at sincerity in every word and action—the most amiable excellence in a rational being. 3. To apply myself industriously to whatever busines

First he made a list of twelve virtues he thought desirable, and to each he appended a short definition: Temperance: Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation. Silence: Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation. Order: Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time. Resolut

When Benjamin Franklin was watching the first hot-air balloon with humans aboard take off in 1783, someone asked him, “What good is flight?” Franklin purportedly replied, “It is a child who is just born, one cannot say what it will become.”