They tried to be too clever---and that was their undoing.
If anyone is really determined to lend you a book, you never can get out of it!
Books are a habit-forming drug.
The past is the father of the present.
Authors were shy, unsociable creatures, atoning for their lack of social aptitude by inventing their own companions and conversations.
An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.