The proper study of mankind is books.

The proper study of mankind is books.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.

Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.

These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.

These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.

That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed
with profit.

That is a good book which is opened with expectation and closed
with profit.

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it

This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he read more

This is the best book ever written by any man on the wrong side of a question of which he is profoundly ignorant.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.