Of course you remember learning about Benjamin Franklin’s Farmer’s Almanac titled “Poor Richard’s Almanac”. As a printer, Ben knew of the business of Almanacs. Farmers relied on them to prognosticate the weather for their planting and harvesting seasons.

Ben made his more financially successful by adding Poor Richard as the wise old farmer, and quoting him unabashedly in his pages. Poor Richard came up with several doozies that we still quote today. One of those was “Fish and Visitors stink in three days!”

Some people still haven’t learned the wisdom in this maxim! For example, Hans Christian Anderson, the famed children’s author once made his abode with Charles Dickens while he was in London. Seemingly Hans overstayed his welcome. After he had left, Dickens posted a notice in the bedroom where he had lodged, announcing: “Hans Anderson slept in this room for five weeks—which seemed to the family ages”!

A word to the wise, don’t overstay your welcome!