“Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by the verities of knowledge.”

“No man has the right to bring up children without surrounding them with books.”

“Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.”

“Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.”

“Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”

“A house without books is like a room without windows.”

“Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.”