A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Books are a finer world within the world.

Books are a finer world within the world.

Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.

Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.

Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.

Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.

The proper study of mankind is books.

The proper study of mankind is books.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.

All books grow homilies by time; they are
Temples, at once, and Landmarks.

All books grow homilies by time; they are
Temples, at once, and Landmarks.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he read more

This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he is profoundly ignorant.