“No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.”

“This is no book. Whoever touches this touches a man.”

“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.”

“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.”

“There is no reason why the same man should like the same books at eighteen and at forty-eight”

“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.”