The autobiography of benjamin franklin quotes security

“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.”
― Benjamin Franklin, quote from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

“Were I a Roman Catholic, perhaps I should on this occasion vow to build a chapel to some saint, but as I am not, if I were to vow at all, it should be to build a light-house.

[Letter to his wife, 17 July 1757, after narrowly avoiding a shipwreck; often misquoted as "Lighthouses are more helpful than churches."]”
― Benjamin Franklin, quote from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

“...there will be sleeping enough in the grave....”
― Benjamin Franklin, quote from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

“When the well is dry we know the value of water”
― Benjamin Franklin, quote from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

“My Parents had early given me religious Impressions, and brought me through my Childhood piously in the Dissenting Way.

But I was scarce 15 when, after doubting