I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read

Few of the many wise apothegms, which have been uttered from the time of the seven sages of Greece to that of poor Richard, have prevented a single foolish action

More sinners are cursed at not because we despise their sins but because we envy their success at sinning

The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

Perhaps no person can be a poet, or can even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.

What a blessing it is to love books as I love them;- to be able to converse with the dead, and to live amidst the unreal!