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.

That is the point of quotations. One can use another's words to be insulting.

That is the point of quotations. One can use another's words to be insulting.

Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer.

Reading is like permitting a man to talk a long time, and refusing you the right to answer.

Quotations (such as have point and lack triteness) from the great old authors are an act of reverence on the read more

Quotations (such as have point and lack triteness) from the great old authors are an act of reverence on the part of the quoter, and a blessing to a public grown superficial and external.

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.

Human success is a quotation from overhead.

Human success is a quotation from overhead.

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

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

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