“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. ”

“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.”

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

“You have been second always. Tragical?No. You preferred it to the usual thing:One dull man, dulling and uxorious,One average mind- with one thought less, each year.”

“If a man isn't willing to take some risk for his opinions, either his opinions are no good or he's no good”

“The only thing one can give an artist is leisure in which to work. To give an artist leisure is actually to take part in his creation.”