Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.

Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be re-taught when the students become teachers.

To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts.

I cannot say whether things will get better if we change; what I can say is they must change if they are to get better.

People often become scholars for the same reason they become soldiers: simply because they are unfit for any other station. Their right hand has to earn them a livelihood; one might say they lie down like bears in winter and seek sustenance from their paws.

Everyone is a genius at least once a year.

Libraries can in general be too narrow or too wide for the soul.