Mr. Gilbert had the earnest mania for self-improvement which has blighted the lives of so many young men.
The plural of spouse is spice.
One of the penalties of being a human being is other human beings.
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 enemies of the future are always the very nicest people.
Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to continually be part of unanimity.