“The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write: a man will turn over half a library to make one book.”

“Never trust a man who writes more than he reads.”

“A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.”

“Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others... This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.”

“This is one of the disadvantages of wine, it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.”

“It is strange that there should be so little reading in the world, and so much writing. People in general do not willingly read, if they can have any thing else to amuse them.”

“The best part of every author is in general to be found in his book, I assure you.”