"Show me a family of readers, and..." - Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte

“Flatterers and men of learning do not accord well with each other.”

“All the women in the world would not make me lose an hour.”

“I do not amuse myself by thinking of dead people.”

“In your reading, find books to improve your color sense, your sense of shape and size in the world.”

“Ordinary people simply don't know what books mean to us, shut up here. Reading, learning, and the radio are our amusements.”

“I am reading six books at once, the only way of reading; since, as you will agree, one book is only a single unaccompanied note, and to get the full sound, one needs ten others at the same time.”

“Knowing what's right doesn't mean much unless you do what's right.”

“It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought.”

“The library is the biggest cracker box factory in the world. The more you eat, the more you want.”