Maxioms by Lew Wallace
I know what I should love to do--to build a study; to write, and to think of nothing else. I read more
I know what I should love to do--to build a study; to write, and to think of nothing else. I want to bury myself in a den of books. I want to saturate myself with the elements of which they are made, and breathe their atmosphere until I am of it. Not a bookworm, being which is to give off no utterances; but a man in the world of writing--one with a pen that shall stop men to listen to it, whether they wish to or not.
As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have read more
As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly.