"A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye."

"Of two evils choose the prettier."

"A guilty conscience is the mother of invention."

"The books we think we ought to read are poky, dull, and dry; The books that we would like to read we are ashamed to b…"

"I love the Christmas-tide, and yet, I notice this, each year I live; I always like the gifts I get, But how I love th…"

"“A noble theme!” the tyro cried; And straightway scribbled off a sonnet. “A noble theme,” the poet sighed; “I am not …"

"They borrow books they will not buy, They have no ethics or religions; I wish some kind Burbankian guy Could cross my…"

"Advice is one of those things it is far more blessed to give than to receive."

"It is the interest one takes in books that makes a library. And if a library have interest it is; if not, it isn't."

"Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This simple boon I beg of Fate — A thousand years…"