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That was Benjamin Franklin’s stated intent when he published his first “Poor Richard’s Almanack” in 1732.

Some lines in his enduring "Poor Richard's Almanack," the book Franklin first published under a pseudonym in December 1732 with everything from life advice to weather predictions, were not original musings, but sayings from figures like Plato, which Franklin paraphrased or expanded.

Over the years, lines from "Poor Richard's Almanack," which was an annual publication edited by Franklin until 1757, have been mentioned everywhere, from T-shirts to TV shows.

Poor Richard’s Playground is named after Benjamin Franklin, who used the pen name for his “Poor Richard’s Almanack.”

Broder made her name with the Twitter handle @sosadtoday, dispensing soul-deflating aphorisms to a million-plus followers, a modern depressive’s Poor Richard’s Almanack.