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

No man is ever old enough to know better.

Your readiest desire is your path to joy... even if it destroys you.

Education begins by teaching children to read and ends by making most of them hate reading.

Originality is only variation.

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.

History proves there is no better advertisement for a book than to condemn it for obscenity.