Annual giving is the custom of making a gift-a-year to an institution in which one has faith.

The man who does things makes mistakes, but he doesn't make the biggest mistake of all-doing nothing.

The best tranquilizer is a clear conscience.

Sell not virtue to purchase wealth, nor liberty to purchase power.

None but the well-bred man knows how to confess a fault, or acknowledge himself in an error.

A lady asked Dr. Franklin Well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy - "A republic," replied the Doctor, "if you can keep it."

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.