My main wish is to get my books into other people's rooms, and to keep other people's books out of mine.

The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything.

Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.

Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.

A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Words are like money; there is nothing so useless, unless when in actual use.