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<\/a><\/p>\n1753
\n‘Tis against some Mens Principle to pay Interest, and seems against others Interest to pay the Principal.
\nSetting too good an Example is a Kind of Slander seldom forgiven; ’tis Scandalum Magnatum.
\nA great Talker may be no Fool, but he is one that relies on him.
\nIt is not Leisure that is not used.
\nPaintings and Fightings are best seen at a distance.
\nIf you would reap Praise you must sow the Seeds, Gentle Words and useful Deeds.
\nIgnorance leads Men into a Party, and Shame keeps them from getting out again.
\nMany have quarrel’d about Religion, that never practis’d it.
\nSudden Power is apt to be insolent, Sudden Liberty saucy; that behaves best which has grown gradually.
\nHe that best understands the World, least likes it.
\nHaste makes Waste.
\nAnger is never without a Reason, but seldom with a good One.
\nHe that is of Opinion Money will do every Thing, may well be suspected of doing every Thing for Money.
\nAn ill Wound, but not an ill Name, may be healed.
\nWhen out of Favour, none know thee; when in, thou dost not know thyself.
\nGod, Parents, and Instructors, can never be requited.
\nIf you have no Honey in your Pot, have some in your Mouth.
\nServing God is Doing Good to Man, but Praying is thought an easier Service, and therefore more generally chosen.
\nNothing humbler than Ambition, when it is about to climb.
\nGifts much expected, are paid, not given.
\nIt has pleased God in his Goodness to Mankind, at length to discover to them the Means of securing their Habitations and other Buildings from Mischief by Thunder and Lightning. The Method is this: Provide a small Iron Rod (it may be made of the Rod-iron used by the Nailers) but of such a Length, that one End being three or four Feet in the moist Ground, the other may be six or eight Feet above the highest Part of the Building. To the upper End of the Rod fasten about a Foot of Brass Wire, the Size of a common Knitting-needle, sharpened to a fine Point; the Rod may be secured to the House by a few small Staples. If the House or Barn be long, there may be a Rod and Point at each End, and a middling Wire along the Ridge from one to the other. A House thus furnished will not be damaged by Lightning, it being attracted by the Points, and passing thro the Metal into the Ground without hurting any Thing. Vessels also, having a sharp pointed Rod fix’d on the Top of their Masts, with a Wire from the Foot of the Rod reaching down, round one of the Shrouds, to the Water, will not be hurt by Lightning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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