The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once.

Prayers are to men as dolls are to children.

The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

The Ancient Mariner would not have taken so well if it had been called The Old Sailor.

A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.