When circumstances don't fit our ideas they become our difficulties

Singularity in the right hath ruined many; happy those who are convinced of the general opinion.

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.

Eat what you like, but dress for other people.

For every minute spent in organizing, an hour is earned.

If better is possible, good is not enough

By playing at Chess then, we may learn: First: Foresight... Second: Circumspection... Third: Caution...And lastly, we learn by Chess the habit of not being discouraged by present bad appearances in the state of our affairs, the habit of hoping for a favorable chance, and that of persevering in the secrets of resources