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

They go in [to the library] not because they need any certain volume but because they feel that there may be some book that needs them.

When you sell a man a book you don't sell just twelve ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life. Love and friendship and humour and ships at sea by night - there's all heaven and earth in a book, a real book.

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.

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.

When Abraham Lincoln was murdered The one thing that interested Matthew Arnold Was that the assassin shouted in Latin As he lept on the stage This convinced Matthew There was still hope for America.