A right heart Student Success Statement "Great Beauty, great strength,and great riches are really and truly of no great use:a right heart exceeds all." Reflection: Looking at a quote from on of our presidents really amazes me because if they were our president at one time then there is a reason for it and its nice to see that we still care about world history. Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 to April 17, 1790 ) was a Founding Father and a polymath, inventor, scientist, printer, politician, Freemason and diplomat. Franklin helped to draft the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, and he negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War. Benjamin Franklin