"A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap. A thing book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it. A large, flat atlas can be used to cover a window with a broken pane. And a thick, old-fashioned heavy book with a clasp is the finest thing in the world to throw at a noisy cat."
"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."
"You believe in a book that has talking animals, wizards, witches, demons, sticks turning into snakes, burning bushes, food falling from the sky, people walking on water, and all sorts of magical, absurd and primitive stories, and you say that we are the ones that need help?"
"The lack of money is the root of all evil."
"When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain."
"A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain."