Christopher Morley

The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue - you sell him a whole new life.

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.

It's a terrifying thing to be perhaps 16 or 17 and feel like you are a failure and a has-been.

If you're not having a good time, find something else that gives you some joy in life.