The document compares the virtues outlined by Benjamin Franklin and Marcus Aurelius. Both philosophers emphasized virtues like frugality, industry, cleanliness, sincerity, and temperance. Franklin's virtues focused on personal habits while Aurelius' virtues centered more on social behaviors and authority. Some directly overlapping virtues included frugality, industry, and cleanliness. The document analyzes the similarities between the virtue lists of the two influential thinkers.