All men come to resemble their fathers. That isn't a tragedy. But you need a hell of a sense of humor to handle it.

The living always get over the dead. That’s what the dead never realize. If ever the dead did come back, they’d only have been sore that somehow you managed to get over their dying at all.

When you get a cat to catch the mice in your kitchen, you can't expect it to ignore the rats in the cellar.

A man's bookseller should keep his confidence, like his physician. What can become of a world where every man knows what another man reads? Why, sir, books would become like quacks' potions, with every mountebank in the newspapers claiming one volume's superiority over another.

All men come to resemble their fathers. That isn't a tragedy. But you need a hell of a sense of humor to handle it.

A wish is a dish that's a lot like a fish: Once it's been eaten it's harder to throw back. - Mr. Rakshasas

And tell them all about the books you've read. Better still, buy some more books and read them. That's an order. You can never read too many books.