Benjamin Franklin retired in his later years and spent more time focusing on living his life, making inventions and experiments including: the lighting rod, the kite experiment, bifocals and the open stove. Benjamin Franklin, a man with an ability to find solutions to complex problems, died in 1790 in Philadelphia, leaving behind the recollection of an inspirational life through his autobiography that can be a resource to help a man become "wealthy, and wise."
In his autobiography, Benjamin Franklin retells the story of his life and shares a "recollection" of memories. Franklin was an ambitious, modest yet humble man who advices readers on the way to wealth, the importance of virtues, and the way life should be lived. Health, wealth and wisdom being the general components of what a good life would comprise. Benjamin Franklin 's Poor Richards Almanac was very much like a guidebook, filled with counseling suggestions and advice on how to achieve this life. Franklin worked on lessening his pride and was determined to create a defining life, to create an admirable persona of himself. He worked on his morality and humility by doing good to others and contributing to