The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who l... - Mark Twain

"The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read."

"Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge."

"In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them."

"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated."

"A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it."