— For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.

— If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.

— Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of checks.

— A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.

— Junk is something you’ve kept for years and throw away three weeks before you need it.

— Learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.

— Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist change places.

— Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.

— Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again.

Vocabulary Help

  • bills – contas, faturas
  • broadness of mind – abertura de idéias, mente aberta
  • enable – habilitar
  • feel (feel, felt, felt) – sentir
  • hurt – doer
  • junk – lixo
  • keep (keep, kept, kept) – guardar, manter
  • learn (learn, learnt, learnt) – aprender
  • long enough – o suficiente
  • mail – correio
  • middle age – meia idade
  • mistake – erro
  • narrowness – estreiteza
  • picture – foto
  • speed – velocidade
  • through – através
  • throw away – jogar fora
  • trip – viagem
  • waist – cintura
  • wonderful – maravilhoso