Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes, read more

Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes, and always count their change when it is handed to them.

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay.

In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay.

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.

A good writer is not necessarily a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a read more

A good writer is not necessarily a good book critic. No more so than a good drunk is automatically a good bartender.

Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.

Criticism is a misconception: we must read not to understand others but to understand ourselves.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.

The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it.