Either A Wise Man Will Not Go

Young Men, Especially In America, Write To Me And Ask Me To Recommend “a Course Of Reading.” Distrust A Course Of Reading! People Who Really Care For Books Read All Of Them. There Is No Other Course.

Of All Animals, He Alone Attains To The Contemplative Life.

There's A Joy Without Canker Or Cark, There's A Pleasure Eternally New, 't Is To Gloat On The Glaze And The Mark Of China That's Ancient And Blue.

I Am The Batsman And The Bat, / I Am The Bowler And The Ball, / The Umpire, The Pavilion Cat, / The Roller, Pitch, And Stumps, And All.

He Missed An Invaluable Opportunity To Hold His Tongue.