The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.
A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.
Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.
I find television very educational. Every time someone turns it on, I go into another room and read a book.