I grew convinced that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings betwe…

Benjamin Franklin
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I grew convinced that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life, and I formed written resolutions . . . to practice them ever while I lived. ✨ Benjamin Franklin, Horatio Hastings WELD (1849). Benjamin Franklin: his Autobiography, with a narrative of his public life and services by H. H. Weld, p.98
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