Bonhomme Richard

Bonhomme Richard or Bon Homme Richard, meaning good man Richard in French, may refer to:

  • USS Bonhomme Richard, several ships of the United States.
  • Les Maximes du Bonhomme Richard, the French title of Poor Richard's Almanack, for which the ships were named.
  • A pseudonym of Benjamin Franklin

Famous quotes containing the word richard:

    “For every man that Bolingbroke hath pressed
    To lift shrewd steel against our golden crown,
    God for his Richard hath in heavenly pay
    A glorious angel. Then if angels fight,
    Weak men must fall; for heaven still guards the right.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)