There is no proper time and place for reading. When the mood for reading comes, one can read anywhere

An educated man is one who has the loves and hatreds together.

Why should man bother himself so much about salvation, unless he has a feeling of being doomed?

On the whole, the enjoyment of leisure is something which decidedly costs less than the enjoyment of luxury. All it requires is an artistic temperament which is bent on seeking a perfectly useless afternoon spent in a perfectly useless manner.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

Anyone who reads a book with a sense of obligation does not understand the art of reading.

Art is both creation and recreation.