The Only Things Of Certainty Are Death

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.

He That Can Take Rest Is Greater Than He That Can Take Cities.

Necessity Is Our Quickest Excuse.

The Difficulty Lies, In Finding Out An Exact Measure But Eat For Necessity, Not Pleasure, For Lust Knows Not Where Necessity Ends.

I Wish The Bald Eagle Had Not Been Chosen As The Representative Of Our Country; He Is A Bird Of Bad Moral Character; Like Those Among Men Who Live By Sharping And Robbing, He Is Generally Poor, And Often Very Lousy. The Turkey Is A Much More Respectable Bird, And Withal A True Original Native Of America.