... as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the ideal library is in the wish of its maker.

Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive.

A critic is a necessary evil, and criticism is an evil necessity.

Advice ... is a habit-forming drug. You give a dear friend a bit of advice today, and next week you find yourself advising two or three friends, and the week after, a dozen, and the week following, crowds!

Almost before the big motor-car stopped, the girl sprang out.

You wouldn't believe On All Hallow Eve What lots of fun we can make, With apples to bob, And nuts on the hob, And a ring-and-thimble cake.

A guilty conscience is the mother of invention.