There were no books in Eden, and there will be none in heaven. - Augustine Birrell

Oh, those scoundrelly Charity Commissioners! […] By the side of these anthropoid apes, the genuine bookworm, the paper-eating insect, ravenous as he once was, has done comparatively little mischief.

There are no habits of man more alien to the doctrine of the Communist than those of the collector.

It is pleasant to be admitted into the birth-chamber of a great idea destined to be translated into action.