Benjamin Franklin on Empire

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.

-Benjamin Franklin

This video lists a long collection of Benjamin Franklin's wise addages:

 

Suggested reading on Benjamin Franklin: 

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

Description:

(1771-1790) - Published Posthumously, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin, includes Franklin's Thirteen Virtues (Section Thirty Seven) and a guide to how he uses his "little Book" of Virtues on a daily and weekly basis--Franklin's "Day Planner" (Section Thirty Eight and Thirty Nine).