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.

Printer's ink has been running a race against gunpowder these many, many years. Ink is handicapped, in a way, because you can blow up a man with gunpowder in half a second, while it may take twenty years to blow him up with a book. But the gunpowder destroys itself along with its victim, while a book can keep on exploding for centuries.

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

The man who never in his life Has washed the dishes with his wife Or polished up the silver plate - He still is largely celibate.

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

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

From now until the end of time no one else will ever see life with my eyes, and I mean to make the best of my chance.