The most accomplished way of using books is to serve them as some people do lords; learn their titles and then brag of their acquaintance.

People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy

Titles of honor are like the impressions on coins, which add no value to gold or silver, but only render brass current.

Some people get their books on the best-seller list and then they count the number of weeks, and I just never want to live that way.

Cooking is like anything else: some people have an inborn talent for it. Some become expert by practicing, and some learn from books.

Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade.