It is the friendship of books that has made me perfectly happy.

I consider as lovers of books not those who keep their books hidden in their store-chests and never handle them, but those who, by nightly as well as daily use…

The most disadvantageous peace is better than the most just war.

I am a lover of liberty. I cannot and will not serve parties.

When we are collecting books, we are collecting happiness.

Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone. For this brave old earth must borrow its mirth, But has trouble enough of its own. Sing, and th…

To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations - such is a pleasure beyond compare.