It is better to let 100 criminals go free than to imprison 1 innocent man.

Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily cracked, and never well mended.

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.

The key that unlocks a door is a key to keep if you want to go through that door again.

...it is prodigious the quantity of good that may be done by one man if he will make a business of it.

Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee

I believe long habits of virtue have a sensible effect on the countenance.