More from Benjamin Franklin
- Preface, Poor Richard’s Almanack (1758)
- Poor Richard’s Almanack
- This was first used by Franklin for the Pennsylvania Assembly in its “Reply to the Governor” (November 11, 1755) Reply to the Governor
So convienent a thing it is to be a reasonable creature, since it enables one to find or make a reason for everything one has a mind to do.
Benjamin Franklin on thinking
The Autobiography (1818), Part I, p. 28
