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

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

There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference books. They are like understanding read more

There are times when I think that the ideal library is composed solely of reference books. They are like understanding friends-always ready to change the subject when you have had enough of this or that.

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

Wear the old coat and buy the new book.

By words the mind is winged.

By words the mind is winged.

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.

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times to hear.

If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.

If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.

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.

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.