It was said of him that he did not say much, but that when he did everyone stopped to listen.

Plough deep while sluggards sleep.

That wise Men have in all Ages thought Government necessary for the Good of Mankind; and, that wise Governments have always thought Religion necessary for the well ordering and well-being of Society, and accordingly have been ever careful to encourage and protect the Ministers of it, paying them the highest publick Honours, that their Doctrines might thereby meet with the greater Respect among the common People.

Electrical matter differs from common matter in this, that the parts of the latter mutually attract, those of the former mutually repel each other.

...it is prodigious the quantity of good that may be done by one man if he will make a business of it.

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.

What is best for people is what they do for themselves.