Pastoral Resources

Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see.

Mistresses are like books; if you pore upon them too much, they doze you and make you unfit for company; but if used discreetly, you are the fitter for conversation by em.

More books, more racing and more foolishness with cars and motorcycles are in the works.

Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought - asleep. When we are weary of the living, we may repair to the dead, who have nothing of peevishness, pride, or design in their conversation.

All the books I have written have been one book, from the beginning.

There was no actual person who was James Bond, despite all the books.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

I picked books by their covers - the worse the cover, the more I wanted to read it.

To read too many books is harmful.

You could say, in a vulgar Freudian way, that I am the unhappy child who escapes into books. Even as a child, I was most happy being alone. This has not changed.

Life-transforming ideas have always come to me through books.