As soon as an idea is accepted it is time to reject it.

The possession of a great many things, even the best of things, tends to blind one to the real value of anything.

A good book is always on tap; it may be decanted and drunk a hundred times, and it is still there for further imbibement.

Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice.

The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art which can be practiced at any hour of the day or night, whenever the time and inclination comes, that is your time for reading; in joy or sorrow, health or illness.

Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your undoing.

The better the book the more room for the reader.