If anyone needs evidence of the above, read his Advice to a Young Man on the Choice of a Mistress, a letter he wrote to a non-specific younger man advising him on all the ways that an older mistress was superior to a young one. It’s written in a humorous style, but also feels like he means every word.
Famously there are no mountain lions in not just Philadelphia but the entire state of Pennsylvania! https://extension.psu.edu/cougars-are-not-in-pennsylvania
Because Ben Franklin hunted every cougar in the state.
Ya, the dude loved older women.
If anyone needs evidence of the above, read his Advice to a Young Man on the Choice of a Mistress, a letter he wrote to a non-specific younger man advising him on all the ways that an older mistress was superior to a young one. It’s written in a humorous style, but also feels like he means every word.