Never go to sea with two chronometers; take one or three.

There is not such a cradle of democracy upon the earth as the Free Public Library, this republic of letters, where neither rank, office, nor wealth receives the slightest consideration. -Andrew Carnegie-

Adde parvum parvo magnus acervus erit. [Add little to little and there will be a big pile.] -Ovid-

You can lead a yak to water, but you can’t teach an old dog to make a silk purse out of a pig in a poke. -Opus-

Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t come in. -Alan Alda-

My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth. -Abraham Lincoln-

Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. -Mark Twain-

So many chocolates … So little time. -Baskin Robbins Ice Cream-

It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt. -Mark Twain-

I’m avoiding having a midlife crisis by repeatedly entering adolescence.