Benjamin Franklin Quotes
He that spends a Groat a day idly, spends idly above 6 l. a year, which is the Price of using 100 l.
Franklin, Benjamin. Advice to a Young Tradesman. B. Franklin, 1748, p. 2.
Fouquet was incompetent and corrupt. The King then appointed Jean Baptiste Colbert, a great financial administrator.
Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A polymath, he was a leading writer, printer, political philosopher, politician, Freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, humorist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. As a scientist, he was a major figure in the American Enlightenment and the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity. As an inventor, he is known for the lightning rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove, among other inventions. He founded many civic organizations, including the Library Company, Philadelphia's first fire department, and the University of Pennsylvania.