Be contented, when you have got all you want..

Books are never out of humour; never envious or jealous, they answer all questions with readiness; ... they teach us how to live and how to die; they….

A good book is always on tap; it may be decanted and drunk a hundred times, and it is still there for further imbibement..

We are more inclined to regret our virtues than our vices; but only the very honest will admit this..

Books worth reading are worth re-reading..

The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art which can be practiced at any hour of ….

Why did Nature create man? Was it to show that she is big enough to make mistakes, or was it pure ignorance?.

A large, still book is a piece of quietness, succulent and nourishing in a noisy world, which I approach and imbibe with "a sort of greedy enjoyment,….

Sacrifice is a form of bargaining..

When in doubt, risk it.

There are only two classes in society: those who get more than they earn, and those who earn more than they get..

Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing..

Your library is your portrait..

Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today..

Originality is only variation..

Only one-fourth of the sorrow in each man's life is caused by outside uncontrollable elements, the rest is self-imposed by failing to analyze and act….

Genius is initiative on fire..

As soon as an idea is accepted it is time to reject it..

Education begins by teaching children to read and ends by making most of them hate reading..

People who want to be amused have lost the art of living..

Past and present, it is all the same, books are necromancers, they exercise an influence more varied, more lasting, than any magic known to man..