Education is the process of selling someone on books.

Stories in themselves are not automatically good; it has to be the right kind of story told by the right kind of person.

If boys don't learn, men won't know.

Liars are experts in chopping logic and missing the truth slightly - 'Did God say not to eat from any tree?' In order to pin a liar down, words must be defined in the most careful manner available.

I've had rooms that didn't come out to my liking.

Pace yourself in your reading. A little bit every day really adds up. If you read during sporadic reading jags, the fits and starts will not get you anywhere close to the amount of reading you will need to do. It is far better to walk a mile a day than to run five miles every other month. Make time for reading, and make a daily habit of it, even if it is a relatively small daily habit.

Become the kind of person the kind of person you would like to marry would like to marry.