| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 22976 |
| QUOTATION: | I think that a young state, like a young virgin, should modestly stay at home, and wait the application of suitors for an alliance with her; and not run about offering her amity to all the world; and hazarding their refusal.... Our virgin is a jolly one; and tho at present not very rich, will in time be a great fortune, and where she has a favorable predisposition, it seems to me well worth cultivating. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790), U.S. statesman, writer. Letter, September 22, 1778. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Franklin Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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