Benjamin Franklin
Links to the text of the autobiography.
Read Part 4 at the following link.
http://books.eserver.org/nonfiction/franklin/default.html
Translation of the Latin:
O philosophy, life's guide! O searcher of virtues and
expeller of vices! Just a single day lived well and according to your teachings
(commandments) is to be preferred to a whole eternity of errors.
A short video biography of Benjamin Franklin: http://youtu.be/-SChcy3IGlg
A long-ish video biography of Benjamin Franklin. http://www.biography.com/people/benjamin-franklin-9301234/videos/benjamin-franklin-full-episode-2073416372