Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.

Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a poor substitute for life.

A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.

A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.

My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine -- everybody drinks water.

My books are water; those of the great geniuses are wine -- everybody drinks water.

A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.

A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.

And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many
books there is no end: and much study read more

And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many
books there is no end: and much study is a weariness of the
flesh.

But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books,
exempted from the wrong of time, and capable read more

But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books,
exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual
renovation.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all

If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would read more

If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would do it.