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

To grant all a man's wishes is to take away his dreams and ambitions. Life is only worth living if you have something to strive for. To aim at.

May the saddest day of your future be no worse than the happiest day of your past.

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

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.

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.

Philosophy begins when you don't know where to look for an answer.