“Genius is initiative on fire.”

“Fear of corrupting the mind of the younger generation is the loftiest form of cowardice.”

“What is more useless than the popular novel that has passed its boom!”

“A good book is always on tap; it may be decanted and drunk a hundred times, and it is still there for further imbibement. ”

“Never put off till tomorrow the book you can read today.”

“Book-love, I say again, lasts throughout life, it never flags or fails, but, like Beauty itself, is a joy forever.”

“Your library is your portrait.”