Notwithstanding my experiments with electricity the thunderbolt continues to fall under our noses and beards; and as for the tyrant, there are a million of us still engaged at snatching away his sceptre.

It is easier to build two chimneys than to keep one in fuel.

Never spare the parson's wine nor the baker's pudding

Hope and faith may be more firmly built upon charity, than charity upon faith and hope.

An honest Man will receive neither Money nor Praise that is not his due.

Remember, Sir, that [England] began the slave trade!

Wish not so much to live long as to live well.