Never contradict anybody.
Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself.
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.
People are best convinced by things they themselves discover.
If you want something done, ask a busy person.
There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.