It can never be wrong to give pleasure.

[Milton] calls the university "A stony-hearted step-mother."

Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.

Libraries are not made, they grow.

There were no books in Eden, and there will be none in heaven

Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.

It is the Mass that matters.

A conventional good read is usually a bad read, a relaxing bath in what we know already. A true good read is surely an act of innovative creation in which we, the readers, become conspirators.

Great is bookishness and the charm of books.

The man who has a library of his own collection is able to contemplate himself objectively, and is justified in believing in his own existence.

That great dust-heap called 'history'.

She wanted to hold foreign syllables like mints on her tongue until they dissolved into fluency.

I don't need anybody to handle my problems, only I am capable of solving them my self.

Tired mothers find that spanking takes less time than reasoning and penetrates sooner to the seat of the memory.

God, harden me against myself!

I have a new television show in the works, and that is all I can say right now.

I don t mind a reasonable amount of trouble.

My theory is that men are no more liberated than women.

What brings people down is the same thing over and over.

So little time we live in Time, And we learn all so painfully, That we may spare this hour's term To practice for Eternity.

The heart with compassion is the temple of God.