Living in a bookshop is like living in a warehouse of explosives. Those shelves are ranked with the most furious combustibles in the world--the brains of men.

The plural of spouse is spice.

The evening papers print what they do and get away with it because by afternoon the human mind is ruined anyhow.

Blessed is he who has never been tempted; for he knows not the frailty of his rectitude.

A doctor is advertised by the bodies he cures. My business is advertised by the minds I stimulate. And let me tell you that the book business is different from other trades. People don't know they want books. I can see just by looking at you that your mind is ill for lack of books but you are blissfully unaware of it!

Be prepared for truth at all hours and in the most fantastic disguises. This is the only safety.

There are a lot of people who must have the table laid in the usual fashion or they will not enjoy the dinner.