“It is the mark of a truly educated man to know what not to read.”

“The mark of the truly civilized is their (truly baffling to the likes of you and me) patience with what truly baffles.”

“The old adage which says that it is ‘whom you know that counts’ is far off the mark. It is what you know about whom you know that truly makes difference.”

“The mark of a truly civilized man is confidence in the strength and security derived from the inquiring mind.”

“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.”

“Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.”

“You should only read what is truly good or what is frankly bad.”

“[Education] has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading.”

“A man who can’t read only knows what other folks tell him.”

“What gunpowder did for war, the printing press has done for the mind, and the statesman is no longer clad in the steel of special education, but every reading man is his judge.”