If thou hast wit and learning, add to it wisdom and modesty.

Women and wine, game and deceit, make the wealth small, and the want great

It is hard for an empty bag to stand upright.

Do not, however, mistake me. It is not to my good friend's heresy that I impute his honesty. On the contrary, 'tis his honesty that brought upon him the character of a heretic.

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.

I early found that when I worked for myself alone, myself alone worked for me; but when I worked for others also, others worked also for me.

You made delay, but time will not, and lost time is never found again.