that the grace of fable stirs the mind"...and..."that the perusal of excellent books is, as it were, to interview with the noblest men of past ages

The true university of these days is a collection of books. — Thomas Carlyle

I keep my books at the British Museum and at Mudies. — Samuel Butler

One man is as good as another until he has written a book. — Benjamin Jowett

If a book is worth reading  it is worth buying. — John Ruskin

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought. — Arthur Helps

The oldest books are still only just out to those who have not read them. — Samuel Butler

A book is a mirror: if an ass peers into it  you can&#039;t expect an apostle to look out. — G. C. Lichtenberg

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can&#039;t read them. — Mark Twain

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? — Henry Ward Beecher

I am a part of all I have read. — John Kieran