“There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.”

“The delights of reading impart the vivacity of youth even to old age.”

“The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.”

“After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style.”

“Beware of the man of one book.”

“The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.”

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”

“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”

“Wise are my ways witty my actions”

“I believe in only one thing,the power of human will.”

“Things can turn out differently, Apollo. That's the nice thing about being human. We only have one life, but we can choose what kind of story it's going to be.”