"You importune me, Tucca, to present you with my books. I shall not do so; for you want to sell, not to read, them."

"Distrahit animum librorum multitudo."

"If I were asked what book is better than a cheap book, I would answer that there is one book better than a cheap book…"

"As you grow ready for it, somewhere or other you will find what is needful for you in a book."

"Un livre est un ami qui ne trompe jamais."

"Within that awful volume lies The mystery of mysteries!"

"Books are sepulchres of thought."

"All books are either dreams or swords, You can cut, or you can drug, with words. * * * * * * My swords are tempered f…"

"Gentlemen use books as Gentlewomen handle their flowers, who in the morning stick them in their heads, and at night s…"

"Their books of stature small they take in hand, Which with pellucid horn secured are; To save from finger wet the let…"