The human brain is like a railroad freight car -- guaranteed to have a certain capacity but often running empty.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

Topics: Mind Quotes

Where liberty is, there is my country.

Where liberty is, there is my country.

Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.

Take Courage, Mortal; Death can't banish thee out of the Universe.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.

All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do.

Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do.

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.

Those have a short Lent, who owe money to be paid at Easter.

Think how great a proportion of mankind, consists of weak and ignorant men and women,...

Think how great a proportion of mankind, consists of weak and ignorant men and women,...

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough...

How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough...

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more...

Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more...

Better slip with foot than tongue

Better slip with foot than tongue

A virtuous heretic shall be saved before a wicked Christian

A virtuous heretic shall be saved before a wicked Christian

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

Education begins with life.

Education begins with life.

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.

A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul; he that wants it hath a...

Anger is one of the sinews of the soul; he that wants it hath a...

Despair ruins some, presumption many

Despair ruins some, presumption many

Despair is most often the offspring of ill-preparedness

Despair is most often the offspring of ill-preparedness

The wounds that never heal can only be mourned alone.

The wounds that never heal can only be mourned alone.