Neglect kills injuries, revenge increases them.
an enormous proportion of property vested in a few individuals is dangerous to the rights, and destructive of the common happiness of mankind, and, therefore, every free state hath a right by its laws to discourage the possession of such property.
Anger warms the invention, but overheats the oven.
An old man in a house is a good sign.
Thinking aloud is a habit which is responsible for most of mankind's misery.
In going on with these Experiments, how many pretty systems do we build, which we soon find ourselves oblig'd to destroy! If there is no other Use discover'd of Electricity, this, however, is something considerable, that it may help to make a vain Man humble.