Past and present, it is all the same, books are necromancers, they exercise an influence more varied, more lasting, than any magic known to man.
Genius is intuition on fire.
People who want to be amused have lost the art of living.
Suffer fools gladly; they may be right.
The poor are the only consistent altruists; they sell all they have and give it to the rich.
Your library is your portrait.