I have found Christian dogma unintelligible. Early in life, I absenteed myself from Christian assemblies.
Virtue may not always make a Face handsome, but Vice will certainly make it ugly.
The best investment is in the tools of one's own trade.
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.
If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.