This article from Dubai credits Dr. Franklin with The best of all medicines are resting and fasting. Best of Ramadan wishes to all, but I don’t recognize that as a Franklin line: the only fasting I recall from Franklin was in connection with vegetarianism – that he has since occasionally abstained from eating meat – in the Autobiography.

See Also

• Tryon’s book on brewing at auction, 2020. Tryon inspired BF’s vegetarianism, but in 1690 published this A New Art of Brewing.