“Your library is your portrait.”

“The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place, is necessary. It is the only art which can be practised at any hour of the day or night, whenever the time and inclination comes, that is your time for reading; in joy or sorrow, health or illness.”

“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. ”

“Genius is initiative on fire.”

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