Benjamin Franklin (Founding Father of the United States)

Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSE was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, humorist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.

The main facts in human life are five: birth, food, sleep, love and death.

They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.