... as beauty is in the eye of the beholder, the ideal library is in the wish of its maker.
A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.
Flirtation envies Love, and Love envies Flirtation.
A profit is not without honor save in Boston.
I view askance a book that remains undisturbed for a year. Oughtn't it to have a ticket of leave? I think I may safely say no bookin my library remains unopened a year at a time, except my own works and Tennyson's.
To take pride in a library kills it. Then, its motive power shifts over to the critical if admiring visitor, and apologies are necessary and acceptable and the fat is in the fire.