Words may show a man's wit but actions his meaning.

To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.

Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature.

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.

He that lieth down with Dogs, shall rise up with Fleas.

Pride is as loud a beggar as want, and a great deal more saucy. When you have bought one fine thing, you must buy ten more, that your appearance may be all of a piece; but it is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it.

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.