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.

It is a strange anomaly that men could be careful to insure their houses, their ships, their merchandise, and yet neglect to insure their lives - surely the most important of all to their families, and more subject to loss.

Lost time is never found again.

Take the money in your wallet and invest it in your mind. And in return, your mind will fill up your wallet!

He that riseth late, must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night.

A little Religion, and a little Honesty, goes a great way in Courts.

One today is worth two tomorrows. Lost time is never found again. Time is money. Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff that life is made of. You may delay, but time will not.