他在學校雖只讀過兩年書，卻在政治和科學上頗有造詣。他參與起草了美國《獨立宣言》為美國的建立做出了不可磨滅的貢獻，他最早揭示了電的本質，是避雷針的發明者，還是位出色的出版和印刷商。他從二十歲開始信奉「節儉、誠實、勤奮和得體」的信條，並致力於踐行十三項美德，獲得了美國乃至全世界人民的敬仰。他有著極高的自律精神，是自學成才的成功典範,並成為了面值最大美元上的肖像。
He studied in the school for only two years, but achieved a lot in politics and science. He joined in drafting <<The Declaration of Independence>> of America and made indelible contributions for the founding of this country. He earliest revealed the essence of electricity and became the inventor of lightning rod.He was also an excellent publisher and Printer. He started to have the belief of 「frugality,honesty, diligence and decency」 from the age of twenty.He carried out his thirteen virtues all the life and won the admire from not only Americans but also the people all over the world.He had very strong self-discipline and became the model of being talented through self-study and the portraiture in the Dollar of the largest face value.
一個人的成就和影響力往往跟他的自律精神成正比，就像李嘉誠吃飯時禁語，大禹治水三過家門而不入，文學家魯迅早年讀書時在課桌上刻「早」字，張學良頑強戒毒誓言抗日。下面是富蘭克林的十大格言，豬年開工第一天，讀一讀也許能給我們一些激勵和啟示。順祝開工大吉，萬事如意。
One’s achievement and influence are usually proportional to his/her self-discipline spirit such as 「No word during dinner from Li Jiacheng」, 「No entry to home for three times when regulating rivers and watercourses from Dayu」, 「Carving early in the desk when Litterateur Luxun studied in his early years 」 and 「 Abandoning drug habits indomitably to anti-japan from Zhang Xueliang」 . Below are ten quotes from Franklin. We may get some inspiration and enlightenment after reading them at the first working day in this Pig year. By the way, wish you good luck and everything goes well.