Suffer fools gladly; they may be right.

Books are never out of humour; never envious or jealous, they answer all questions with readiness; ... they teach us how to live and how to die; they dispel melancholy by their mirth, and amuse by their wit; they prepare the soul to suffer everything and desire nothing; they introduce us to ourselves.

People who want to be amused have lost the art of living.

Forgive everybody but yourself.

The poor are the only consistent altruists; they sell all they have and give it to the rich.

The newest books are those that never grow old.

Pedantry is the dotage of knowledge.