من هرگز در حسرت بال پرندگان نخواهم بود. جذبه های جانم، از کتابی به کتاب دیگر و از صفحه ای به صفحه ی دیگر مرا به جاهای بسیار دورتر می برند.

Let this little book be thy friend, if, owing to fortune or through thine own fault, thou canst not find a dearer companion.

If one has not read the newspapers for some months and then reads them all together, one sees, as one never saw before, how much time is wasted with this kind of literature.

The ground that a good man treads is hallowed.

The decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation.

There are three classes of readers; some enjoy without judgment; others judge without enjoyment; and some there are who judge while they enjoy, and enjoy while they judge. The latter class reproduces the work of art on which it is engaged. Its numbers are very small.

Every reader, if he has a strong mind, reads himself into the book, and amalgamates his thoughts with those of the author.