What I do not like about our definitions of genius is that there is in them nothing of the day of judgment, nothing of resounding through eternity and nothing of the footsteps of the Almighty.
There is no mistaking a good book when one meets it. It is like falling in love.
Libraries can in general be too narrow or too wide for the soul.
When a book and a head collide and a hollow sound is heard, must it always have come from the book?
A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to peer out.
A book is a mirror: if an ape looks into it an apostle is hardly likely to look out.
