Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.
- Augustine Birrel

There are two kinds of books: those that no one reads and those that no one ought to read.
- H. L. Mencken

The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.
- Thomas Jefferson

The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.
- Mark Twain

There is a great deal of difference between the eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.
- G.K. Chesterson

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
- Mark Twain

I do read books. I suppose it's more or less the same thing, but at least I'm alone and I'm an individual. I can stop anytime I want, which I frequently do.
- Jack Vance

Books are like imprisoned souls till someone takes them down from a shelf and frees them.
- Samuel Butler