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

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

"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…"

"That wonderful book, while it obtains admiration from the most fastidious critics, is loved by those who are too simp…"

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

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

"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…"

"Distrahit animum librorum multitudo."