lumber quotes

A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.

- SirArthur Conan Doyle
  The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes,'The Five Orange Pips'.

Philosophy! the lumber of the schools.

-Jonathan Swift
  'Ode to DrWilliam Sancroft'.