Centuries have not worm-eaten the solidity of this ancient furniture of the mind.

Quotation, like much better things, has its abuses. One may quote till one compiles. The ancient lawyers used to quote at the bar till they had stagnated their own cause.

A well-read writer, with good taste, is one who has the command of the wit of other men; he searches where knowledge is to be found; and though he may not himself excel in invention, his ingenuity may compose one of those agreeable books, the deliciæ of literature, that will out-last the fading meteors of his day.

Many men of genius must arise before a particular man of genius can appear.

The delights of reading impart the vivacity of youth even to old age.

Those who never quote, in return are never quoted.

Happy the man when he has not the defects of his qualities.