"I was with book, as a woman is with child"

"I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once."

"You can make anything by writing."

"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."

"Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably."

"It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between."