A spoonful of honey will catch more flies than a gallon of vinegar.

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.

Old boys have their playthings as well as young ones; the difference is only in the price.

When religion is good, it will take care of itself. When it is not able to take care of itself, and God does not see fit to take care of it, so that it has to appeal to the civil power for support, it is evidence to my mind that its cause is a bad one.

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

My refusing to eat flesh occasioned an inconveniency, and I was frequently chid for my singularity.

If your head is made of wax, don't walk in the sun