Rules too soft are seldomly followed; rules too harsh are seldomly executed.
I am the laziest man in the world. I invented all those things to save myself from toil.
Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.
Disdain the chain, preserve your freedom; and maintain your independency: be industrious and free; be frugal and free.
He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of most medicines.
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.