Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.
God works wonders now and then; Behold a lawyer, an honest man.
Idleness and pride tax with a heavier hand than kings and governments.
Did not strong connections draw me elsewhere, I believe Scotland would be the country I would choose to end my days in.
Presumption first blinds a man, then sets him a running.
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.