Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.

I guess there are never enough books.

People can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned.

An entire life spent reading would have fulfilled my every desire; I already knew that at the age of seven. The texture of the world is painful, inadequate; unalterable, or so it seems to me. Really, I believe that an entire life spent reading would have suited me best. Such a life has not been granted me...

Happiness can only be found if you can free yourself of all other distractions.

Unexpected intrusions of beauty. This is what life is.