Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often read more

We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.

Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.

Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing.

Unlike other people, our reviewers are powerful because they believe in nothing.

The wise weigh their words on a scale with gold.

The wise weigh their words on a scale with gold.

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all.

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.