The Virtuous Marriage: Moderation

This is the ninth post in a series about living the virtuous life like Benjamin Franklin. We’re taking his life and applying it to marriage and relationships. Avoid extremes. Forebear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve. Pleasure. It’s one of...

The Virtuous Marriage: Justice

This is the eighth post in a series about living the virtuous life like Benjamin Franklin. We’re taking his life and applying it to marriage and relationships. Wrong none, by doing injuries or omitting the benefits that are your duty. Every single one of us lives...

The Virtuous Marriage: Sincerity

This is the seventh post in a series about living the virtuous life like Benjamin Franklin. We’re taking his life and applying it to marriage and relationships. Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly. What comes to...

The Virtuous Marriage: Industry

This is the sixth post in a series about living the virtuous life like Benjamin Franklin. We’re taking his life and applying it to marriage and relationships. Lose no time. Be always employed in something useful. Cut off all unnecessary actions. I enjoy being lazy as...

The Virtuous Marriage: Resolution

This is the forth post in a series about living the virtuous life like Benjamin Franklin. We’re taking his life and applying it to marriage and relationships. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve. Resolution, it’s a word that...