If all printers were determined not to print anything till they were sure it would offend nobody, there would be very little printed.

The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read.

From a child I was fond of reading, and all the little money that came into my hands was ever laid out in books.

Either write something worth reading, or do something worth writing.

He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.

Reading was the only amusement I allowed myself