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

I scarce ever heard or saw the introductory words, 'Without vanity I may say,' &c., but some vain thing immediately followed. Most people dislike vanity in oth…

This library afforded me the means of improvement by constant study, for which I set apart an hour or two each day, and thus repair'd in some degree the loss o…

The art of concluding from experience and observation consists in evaluating probabilities, in estimating if they are high or numerous enough to constitute pro…

Buying books is probably my biggest vice when I travel. I bought a great one in America called An Incomplete Education, which covers everything from fashion to…

Pray thee, take care, that tak'st my book in hand, To read it well: that is, to understand.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and I studied it intently. The quota…