"Christ himself wrote nothing, but furnished endless material for books and songs of gratitude and praise"

"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested"

"At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us"

"No two persons ever read the same book"

"When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language"

"It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book"

"Books are divided into two classes, the books of the hour and the books of all time"

"Beware of the person of one book"

"There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts"

"Years teach us more than books"

"Some books leave us free and some books make us free"