When you speak to a man, look on his eyes; when he speaks to you, look on his mouth.

Drive thy business or it will drive thee.

Kings have long arms, but Misfortune longer: let none think themselves out of her reach.

Then plough deep while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep.

When I see nothing annihilated, and not even a drop of water wasted, I cannot suspect the annihilation of souls Thus finding myself to exist in the world, I believe I shall, in some shape or other, always exist; with all the inconveniences human life is liable to, I shall not object to a new edition of mine; hoping, however, that the errata of the last may be corrected.

Electrical matter differs from common matter in this, that the parts of the latter mutually attract, those of the former mutually repel each other.

Dangerous, therefore, is it to take shelter under a tree, during a thunder-gust. It has been fatal to many, both men and beasts.