What you keep by you, you may change and mend but words, once spoken, can never be recalled.

What you keep by you, you may change and mend but words, once spoken, can never be recalled.

The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.

The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.

Words, without power, is mere philosophy.

Words, without power, is mere philosophy.

A word to the wise is infuriating.

A word to the wise is infuriating.

Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.

Criticism is an indirect form of self-boasting.

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.".

When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.".

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.

A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read.

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

When I was born I was so surprised I didn't talk for a year and a half.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.