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Alchemy may be compared to the man who told his sons he had left them gold buried somewhere in his vineyard; where they by digging found no gold, but by turning up the mould about the roots of their vines, procured a plentiful vintage. So the search and endeavors to make gold have brought many useful inventions and instructive experiments to light.

Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

Mad, adj.: Affected with a high degree of intellectual independence.

Ambrose Bierce(1842-1914)

A sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

I tell you, we are here on earth to fart around, and don't let anybody tell you different. Kurt Vonnegut

I have two basic rules about winning in trading as well as in life: If you don't bet, you can't win.  If you lose all your chips, you can't bet.Larry Hite.

The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule. Warren Buffett

What you cannot enforce, do not command.Sophocles (496 BC-406 BC)

For shameful deeds are taught by shameful deeds.Sophocles (496 BC-406 BC)

A man and his wife walked into a dentist's office. The man said to the dentist, "Doc, I'm in a hurry. I have two buddies sitting out in my car waiting for us to go play golf, so forget about the anesthetic and just pull the tooth and be done with it. We have a 10:00 AM tee time at the best golf course in town and its 9:30 already. I don't have time to wait for the anesthetic to work!"

The dentist thought to himself, my goodness, this is surely a very brave man asking to have his tooth pulled without using anything to kill the pain. So the dentist asked him, "Which tooth is it, sir?"

The man turned to his wife and said:

"Open your mouth, honey, and show him."