Book love... is your pass to the greatest, the purest, and the most perfect pleasure that God has prepared for His creatures.

The habit of writing clearly soon comes to the writer who is a severe critic to himself.

I have no ambition to surprise my reader. Castles with unknown passages are not compatible with my homely muse.

When any practice has become the fixed rule of the society in which we live, it is always wise to adhere to that rule, unless it call upon us to do something that is actually wrong. One should not offend the prejudices of the world, even if one is quite sure that they are prejudices.

No living orator would convince a grocer that coffee should be sold without chicory; and no amount of eloquence will make an English lawyer think that loyalty to truth should come before loyalty to his client.

One can only pour out of a jug that which is in it.

For there is no folly so great as keeping one's sorrows hidden.