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 1751…

1751
Pray don’t burn my House to roast your Eggs.
Many a Man would have been worse, if his Estate had been better.
We may give Advice, but we cannot give Conduct.
He that is concious of a Stink in his Breeches, is jealous of every Wrinkle in another’s nose.
Most People return small Favors, acknowledge middling ones, and repay great ones with Ingratitude.
‘Tis easier to suppress the first Desire, than to satisfy all that follow it.
If your Riches are yours, why don’t you take them with you to t’other World?
What more valuable than Gold? Diamonds. Than Diamonds? Virtue.
If worldly Goods cannot save me from Death, they ought not to hinder me of eternal Life.
Today is Yesterday’s Pupil.
‘Tis great Confidence in a Friend to tell him your Faults, greater to tell him his.
Ambition often spends foolishly what Avarice had wickedly collected.
Great Estates may venture more; Little Boats must keep near Shore.
Nice Eaters seldom meet with a good Dinner.
Not to oversee Workmen, is to leave them your Purse open.
The Wise and Brave dares own that he was wrong.
Cunning proceeds from Want of Capacity.
The Proud hate Pride – in others.
Who judges best of a Man, his Enemies or himself?
Drunkenness, that worst of Evils, makes some men Fools, some Beasts, some Devils.
‘Tis not a Holiday that’s not kept holy.