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 quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more.

I remember when I was a child, being taken to the celebrated Barnum's Circus, which contained an exhibition of freaks and monstrosities, but the exhibit on the…

Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will enco…

The choice was clearly open: crush them with vain and unstinted force, or try to give them what they want. These were the only alternatives and most people wer…

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…

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

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