Benjamin Franklin

This is a portrait of my wife Deborah.

We may give advice, but we cannot give conduct.

My profile picture is of me demonstrating lightning was electricity. #manofscience

It is hard for an empty sack to stand upright.

What an honor

What an honor

In 1736 I lost one of my sons at age 4 to small pox :(

In 1733 I had begun to study languages, pursuing French, Latin, and Spanish.

Education of young females is likely of more use to them than music or dancing in case of widowhood.

In 1732 I first published my almanac under the name of Richard Saunders. I tried to make it entertaining and useful.

Holding one of these in your hands Im sure is a good feeling. #$$$

I entered upon the execution of this plan for self-examination and had the satisfaction of seeing my faults diminish.

I made a little book in which I gave a page for each of the virtues and ruled them with red ink so as to have 7 columns

My goal was to fix each one at a time and when I was a master of it, then proceed to another.

AND humility (because twitter only allows me 140 characters of space for virtues)

They were temperance, silence, order, resolution, frugality, industry, sincerity, justice, moderation, cleanliness, tranquillity, chastity

Hey look @taylorswift13, your lucky number #13virtues

At one point I proposed to myself 13 virtues that I found necessary or desirable.

Reading was the only amusement I allowed myself. #bookworm

The library gave me the means of improvement by constant study.