Some of the most famous books are the least worth reading. Their fame was due to their having done something that needed to be doing in their day. The work is done and the virtue of the book has expired.
Great is the fortune of he who possesses a good bottle, a good book, and a good friend.
All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.
Books and marriage go ill together.
The only people who can be excused for letting a bad book loose on the world are the poor devils who have to write for a living.
A laudation in Greek is of marvellous efficacy on the title-page of a book.