How many good books suffer neglect through the inefficiency of their beginnings!

If any ambitious man have a fancy to revolutionize at one effort the universal world of human thought, human opinion, and human sentiment, the opportunity is h…

In reading some books we occupy ourselves chiefly with the thoughts of the author; in perusing others, exclusively with our own.

A strong argument for the religion of Christ is this - that offences against Charity are about the only ones which men on their death-beds can be made, not to …

Only two classes of books are of universal appeal: the very best and the very worst.

This book - amber-clear, cool and with a good head - deserves a thoughtful swig even from people who never drink.

Matter of fact, the first three or four chapters are all some of you might want to bother with. That gets you to page 123 or so, which is a nice length, a nice…