“I can not live without books.”

“I cannot live without books.”

“I cannot live without books: but fewer will suffice where amusement, and not use, is the only future object.”

“Without books, I would certainly die.”

“[A] lawyer without books would be like a workman without tools.”

“I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too. ”

“I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.”