What good shall I do this day?

It is the will of God and Nature that these mortal bodies be laid aside, when the soul is to enter into real life; 'tis rather an embrio state, a preparation for living; a man is not completely born until he be dead: Why then should we grieve that a new child is born among the immortals?

Liberality is not giving much, but giving wisely.

The handshake of the host affects the taste of the roast

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.

Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason.

Getting into debt, is getting into a tanglesome net.