I allow no hot-beds in the gardens of Parnassus.

A man may do very well with a very little knowledge, and scarce be found out in mixed company; everybody is so much more ready to produce his own, than to call for a display of your acquisitions.

There was a little man, and he had a little soul; And he said, Little Soul, let us try, try, try!

And when once the young heart of a maiden is stolen, The maiden herself will steal after it soon.

He might have proved a useful adjunct, if not an ornament to society.

I mean your borrowers of books - those mutilators of collections, spoilers of the symmetry of shelves, and creators of odd volumes.

You may derive thoughts from others; your way of thinking, the mould in which your thoughts are cast, must be your own.