Philadelphia, PA…Our Favorite Founding Father is Ben Franklin. He didn’t just help found our country during the 1776 era.   For two generations before he helped sell concepts of Freedom, Self-Determination & Inalienable rights. From 1733 to 1758 Poor Richard’s Almanac helped create the unique American identity in a homey, common sense, aspirational way. A few Bits of Wisdom from 1747…

1747
There’s a time to wink as well as to see.
There is no Man so bad, but he secretly respects the Good.
Courage would fight, but Discretion won’t let him.
We are not so sensible of the greatest Health as of the least Sickness.
A good Example is the best sermon.
A Father’s a Treasure; a Brother’s a Comfort; a Friend is both.
He that won’t be counsell’d, can’t be help’d.
Write Injuries in Dust, Benefits in Marble.
What maintains one Vice would bring up two Children.
Better is a little with content than much with contention.
A slip of the foot you may soon recover; But a slip of the Tongue you may never get over.
What signifies your Patience, if you can’t find it when you want it.
Time enough, always proves little enough.
It is wise not to seek a Secret, and Honest not to reveal it.
A Mob’s a Monster; Heads enough, but no Brains.
The Devil sweetens Poison with Honey.
He that cannot bear with other People’s Passions, cannot govern his own.