A small daily task, if it be really daily, will beat the labors of a spasmodic Hercules. - Anthony Trollope

The habit of reading is the only one I know in which there is no alloy. It lasts when all other pleasures fade. It will be there to support you when all other resources are gone. It will be present to you when the energies of your body have fallen away from you. It will make your hours pleasant to you as long as you live.

I hold that gentleman to be the best dressed whose dress no one observes. I am not sure but that the same may be said of an author's written language.

Heroes in books should be so much better than heroes got up for the world's common wear and tear