If anyone should doubt whether the electrical matter passes through the substance of bodies, or only over along their surfaces, a shock from an electrified large glass jar, taken through his own body, will probably convince him.
Rules too soft are seldomly followed; rules too harsh are seldomly executed.
He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.
Promises may get thee friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.
To find out a girl's faults, praise her to her girlfriends.
People are best convinced by things they themselves discover.