“Words cannot do justice to the pleasures of a good bookshop. Ironically.”

“There is a time to speak up, and a time to be silent. A time to read and a time to write. A time to learn and a time to teach. A time to listen and time to be heard. A time to lose and a time to gain. And for all of these things the time in now”

“A man is fit for neither business nor pleasure, who either cannot, or does not, command and direct his attention to the present object, and, in some degree, banish for that time all other objects from his thoughts.”

“Charity is no substitute for justice withheld.”

“Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you. Follow nature and not fashion: weigh the present enjoyment of your pleasures against the necessary consequences of them, and then let your own common sense determine your choice.”

“What are kingdoms without justice? They're just gangs of bandits.”

“Justice being taken away, then, what are kingdoms but great robberies? For what are robberies themselves, but little kingdoms?”