“Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts - the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art.”

“All books are divisible into two classes: the books of the hours, and the books of all Time.”

“What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared to what we spend on our horses?”

“A book worth reading is worth owning.”

“If a book is worth reading, it is worth buying.”

“You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement.”

“Life being very short, and the quiet hours of it few, we ought to waste none of them in reading valueless books.”