Perhaps This Is An Age

We Call A Child's Mind 'small' Simply By Habit; Perhaps It Is Larger Than Ours Is, For It Can Take In Almost Anything Without Effort.

The Misfortunes Hardest To Bear Are These Which Never Came.

A Doctor Is Advertised By The Bodies He Cures. My Business Is Advertised By The Minds I Stimulate. And Let Me Tell You That The Book Business Is Different From Other Trades. People Don't Know They Want Books. I Can See Just By Looking At You That Your Mind Is Ill For Lack Of Books But You Are Blissfully Unaware Of It!

When Abraham Lincoln Was Murdered The One Thing That Interested Matthew Arnold Was That The Assassin Shouted In Latin As He Lept On The Stage This Convinced Matthew There Was Still Hope For America.

Any Man Worth His Salt Has By The Time He Is Forty-five Accumulated A Crown Of Thorns, And The Problem Is To Learn To Wear It Over One Ear.