We have two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice and another which we practice but seldom preach.
Bertrand Russell
The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what Fiction means.
Oscar Wilde
When the storm comes, we must face it head-on and say, “Do you worst, for I shall do mine.
Edmond Dantes
I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
J. R. R. Tolkien
The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good.
Robert Graves
A little library, growing larger every year, is an honourable part of a man’s history. It is a man’s duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries of life.
Henry Ward Beecher
