“Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent.”

“Books which are books are all that you want, and there are but half a dozen in any thousand.”

“It is not all books that are as dull as their readers.”

“The forcible writer stands bodily behind his words with his experiences. He does not make books out of books, but he has been there in person.”

“Books must be read as deliberately and reservedly as they were written.”

“Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.”

“what a rich book might be made about buds and, perhaps, sprouts!”