| God helps them that help themselves. |
| —Maxims prefixed to Poor Richard’s Almanac, 1757 |
| Benjamin Franklin |
Benjamin Franklin
Title: Benjamin Franklin
Author: Franklin, Benjamin.
Works
Benjamin Franklin, His Autobiography: 1706–1757
The cornerstone of the Harvard Classics and Franklin’s account of his journey of self-education. From the Harvard Classics, Vol. I, Part 1. The Ephemera: An Emblem of Human Life, The Whistle, and Dialogue Between Franklin and the Gout
From the Oxford Book of American Essays, chosen by Brander Matthews. Bartlett’s Franklin Quotations
Epitomal selections by John Bartlett.
Writings About Franklin, Benjamin.
“Franklin”
Chapter by Stuart P. Sherman with bibliography from the Cambridge History of American Literature. See also: Franklin as Political Writer, Journalist, and Economist, and on Education.