Books for general reading always smell bad; the odor of common people hangs around them.

A multitude of books distracts the mind.

Our hope is that the elementary reading of comics will lead to the joy of reading good books.

A capacity, and taste, for reading, gives access to whatever has already been discovered by others. It is the key, or one of the keys, to the already solved problems.

Books are infinite in number and time is short. The secret of knowledge is to take what is essential. Take that and try to live up to it.

Reading Clausewitz makes you take your own thoughts a little less seriously.