He was a stabilizing figure at the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Franklin founded the world's first public fire department, the first public lending library, and what later became the University of Pennsylvania. Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it. Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do.
Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a big ship. Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he will never be disappointed. Wealth is not his who has it but his who enjoys it. Creditors have better memories than debtors.