Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, who read more

Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not change their minds are incompetents in asylums, who can't, and those in cemeteries.

The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.

The mind once enlightened cannot again become dark.

We are born into this world unarmed---our mind is our only weapon.

We are born into this world unarmed---our mind is our only weapon.

I not only use all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow.

I not only use all the brains I have, but all that I can borrow.

As that the walls worn thin, permit the mind
To look out through, and his Frailty find.

As that the walls worn thin, permit the mind
To look out through, and his Frailty find.

Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach read more

Some men are like pyramids, which are very broad where they touch the ground, but grow narrow as they reach the sky.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

Old minds are like old horses; you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order.

I have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.

I have a prodigious quantity of mind; it takes me as much as a week sometimes to make it up.

The last infirmity of noble mind.

The last infirmity of noble mind.