“In our time, the curse is monetary illiteracy, just as inability to read plain print was the curse of earlier centuries.”

“Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.”

“Properly, we should read for power. Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.”

“With one day's reading a man may have the key in his hands.”

“Man reading ought to be a man intensely alive. The book ought to be a ball of light in his hands. ”

“Man reading should be man intensely alive. The book should be a ball of light in one's hand.”

“Anyone who is too lazy to master the comparatively small glossary necessary to understand Chaucer deserves to be shut out from the reading of good books forever.”