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

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

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.

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.

I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.

The wise weigh their words on a scale with gold.

The wise weigh their words on a scale with gold.

In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather read more

In the case of good books, the point is not how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.

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

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

Words of love, are works of love.

Words of love, are works of love.

Satire is often the reflection of a kind of moral nausea.

Satire is often the reflection of a kind of moral nausea.

There's one good kind of writer -- a dead one.

There's one good kind of writer -- a dead one.