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

Quote by Benjamin Franklin

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He that won't be counseled can't be helped.

He that won't be counseled can't be helped.

At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the...

At 20 years of age the will reigns; at 30 the wit; at 40 the...

Our whole life is but a greater and longer childhood

Our whole life is but a greater and longer childhood

Games lubricate the body and the mind.

Games lubricate the body and the mind.

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason.

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly...

There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly...

Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou...

Lend money to an enemy, and thou will gain him, to a friend and thou...

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty,...

At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wife; and at forty,...

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

He that goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

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.

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.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.

In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.

In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take...

Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take...

Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain...

Leisure is the time for doing something useful. This leisure the diligent person will obtain...

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.

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions - he...

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions - he...

There are people who have money and people who are rich.

There are people who have money and people who are rich.