Don't cry over spilled milk

I think that humanity brings much misery on itself by the false value they put on things.

Praise to the undeserving is severe satire.

An iron rod being placed on the outside of a building from the highest part continued down into the moist earth, in any direction strait or crooked, following the form of the roof or other parts of the building, will receive the lightning at its upper end, attracting it so as to prevent it's striking any other part; and, affording it a good conveyance into the earth, will prevent its damaging any part of the building.

Virtue may not always make a Face handsome, but Vice will certainly make it ugly.

To get the bad customs of a country changed and new ones, though better, introduced, it is necessary first to remove the prejudices of the people, enlighten their ignorance, and convince them that their interests will be promoted by the proposed changes; and this is not the work of a day.

When men are employed they are best contented.