“History proves there is no better advertisement for a book than to condemn it for obscenity.”

“the end of reading is not more books but more life ”

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

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

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

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

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