The devil wipes his breech with poor folks' pride.

There is scarce a king in a hundred who would not, if he could, follow the example of Pharoah - get first all the people's money, then all their lands, and then make them and their children servants forever.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Willows are weak, but they bind the Faggot.

There are many roads to success, but only one sure road to failure; and that is to try to please everyone else.

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

The strictest law sometimes becomes the severest injustice.