Quotable Ben Franklin Author:Benjamin Franklin Charismatic and intelligent, industrious and courageous, outspoken and innovative, Benjamin Franklin was a maverick and a visionary. Now readers can enjoy the best and most popular writings that made Franklin a celebrity and literary giant. Discover the philosopher who provided a maxim for every occasion, the inventor who flew a kite in a... more » thunder storm, the diplomat who made the British Empire quake in her boots, and the man who stayed focused, calm, and in control during incendiary times. « less