An ordinary man can surround himself with two thousand books and thenceforward have at least one place in the world in which it is always possible to be happy.
~ Augustine Birrell
Libraries are not made; they grow. Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one.
The man who has a library of his own collection is able to contemplate himself objectively, and is justified in believing in his own existence.
Friendship is a word, the very sight of which in print makes the heart warm.
