When you sell a man a book you don’t sell him just 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue—you sell him a whole new life.

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way.

All cities are mad: but the madness is gallant. All cities are beautiful: but the beauty is grim.

Heavy hearts, like heavy clouds in the sky, are best relieved by the letting of a little water.

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does.

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

High heels were invented by a woman who had been kissed on the forehead.

There is no mistaking a real book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.

April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks Go.

A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.

Reputation is what men and women think of us

Stand tall on the summit after a tedious climb. Take in the remarkable scenery and the exhilaration of accomplishment. But don't pause for long

People degrade themselves in order to make machines seem smart all the time.

Maturity is the moment one regains one's innocence.

A home cook who relies too much on a recipe is sort of like a pilot who reads the plane's instruction manual while flying.

Loosening control of your life into Gods hands brings an overwhelming sense of peace and confidence.

Only friendliness produces friendship. And we must look far deeper into the soul of man for the thing that produces friendliness.

I think I write or publish as much as I do because I can bear being without a book to work on.

To call the police is a really big deal because you don't snitch - that's the culture you grow up in.