If anyone should doubt whether the electrical matter passes through the substance of bodies, or only over along their surfaces, a shock from an electrified large glass jar, taken through his own body, will probably convince him.

Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can gratify it with at present serves but the more to inflame its insatiable desires.

The problem with common sense is, it isn't.

To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.

A light purse is a heavy curse.

Let each new year find you a better person.

When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue.