A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

A new acquaintance is like a new book. I prefer it, even if bad, to a classic.

The Egremonts had never said anything that was remembered, or done anything that could be recalled.

Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

The fruit of my tree of knowledge is plucked, and it is this: “Adventures are to the adventurous.”

I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar.

You asked me where I generally lived. In my workshop [i.e. in his study] in the mornings and always in the library in the evening. Books are companions even if you don’t open them.