"It 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."

"Gifts much expected, are paid, not given."

"Nothing humbler than Ambition, when it is about to climb."

"Serving God is Doing Good to Man, but Praying is thought"

"If you have no Honey in your Pot, have some in your Mouth."

"God, Parents, and Instructors, can never be requited."

"When out of Favour, none know thee;"

"An ill Wound, but not an ill Name, may be healed."

"He that is of Opinion Money will do every Thing, may well be suspected of doing every Thing for Money."

"Anger is never without a Reason, but seldom with a good One."

"Haste makes Waste."

"He that best understands the World, least likes it."

"Sudden Power is apt to be insolent, Sudden Liberty saucy;"

"Many have quarrel'd about Religion, that never practis'd it."

"Ignorance leads Men into a Party,"

"If you would reap Praise you must sow the Seeds, Gentle Words and useful Deeds."

"Paintings and Fightings are best seen at a distance."

"It is not Leisure that is not used."

"A great Talker may be no Fool,"

"Setting too good an Example is a Kind of Slander"

"'Tis against some Mens Principle to pay Interest,"

"Success has ruin'd many a Man."

"Children and Princes will quarrel for Trifles."

"If Man could have Half his Wishes,"

"Ceremony is not Civility; nor Civility Ceremony."

"The Brave and the Wise can both pity and excuse;"

"Hold your Council before Dinner;"

"Old Boys have their Playthings as well as young Ones;"

"An undutiful Daughter, will prove an unmanageable Wife."

"Great Merit is coy, as well as great Pride."

"A Temper to bear much, will have much to bear."

"Meanness is the Parent of Insolence."

"A Brother may not be a Friend,"