No man is ever old enough to know better.

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.

We are more inclined to regret our virtues than our vices; but only the very honest will admit this.

The end of reading is not more books but more life.

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

Love is the most subtle form of self-interest.