Man is unconquerable because he can make even his helplessness so entertaining. His motto seems to be "Even though He slay me, yet will I make fun of Him!

The greatest poem ever known Is one all poets have outgrown: The poetry, innate, untold, Of being only four years old.

There is an innate decorum in man, and it is not fair to thrust Truth upon people when they don't expect it. Only the very generous are ready for Truth impromptu.

Lots of times you have to pretend to join a parade in which you're not really interested in order to get where you're going.

The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

There is indeed a heaven on this earth, a heaven which we inhabit when we read a good book.

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!