Benjamin Franklin: “It will scarce be credited in Britain, that men can be as diligent with us from zeal for the public good, as with you…”

But if I were in his place, and not otherwise instructed, I should be apt to say, Take your own time, gentlemen.

It is comfortable to have a good opinion of one's self, and of every thing that belongs to us, to think one's own religion, king, and wife, the best of all possible wives, kings, and religions.

Franklin's hand, in conjunction with his brethren of the learned committee, that compound of fraud and folly was unveiled, and received its death-wound.

To strangers he was cold and reserved; but where he was intimate, no man indulged to more pleasantry and good humour.