We have no poor houses in the Colonies, and if we had, we would have no one to put in them, as in the Colonies there is not a single unemployed man, no poor and no vagabonds.

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

A man is not completely born until he is dead. Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals, a new member added to their happy society?

The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.

When women cease to be handsome, they study to be good.

Let each new year find you a better person.

The electrical matter consists of particles extremely subtile, since it can permeate common matter, even the densest metals, with such ease and freedom as not to receive any perceptible resistance.