Knowledge was meant to be shared.

Have faith in God but keep your powder dry.

Revenge could steal a man's life until there was nothing left but emptiness.

What people speak of as adventure is something nobody in his right mind would seek out, and it becomes romantic only when one is safely at home.

But even the law cannot be in your bedroom at night.

Without books we should very likely be a still-primitive people living in the shadow of traditions that faded with years until only a blur remained, and different memories would remember the past in different ways. A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever.Without books we should very likely be a still-primitive people living in the shadow of traditions that faded with years until only a blur remained, and different memories would remember the past in different ways. A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever.

Often I hear people say they do not have time to read. That's absolute nonsense. If one really wants to learn, one has to decide what is important. Spending an evening on the town? Attending a ball game? Or learning something that can be with you your life long.