“Reading after a certain age diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking, just as the man who spends too much time in the theater is tempted to be content with living vicariously instead of living his own life.”

“The person who reads too much and uses his brain too little will fall into lazy habits of thinking..”

“We live in an age that reads too much to be wise, and that thinks too much to be beautiful.”

“Is this a book exhausted from too much reading? Or too little reading?”

“He thinks he's happy but it's just a nerve cell in his brain that's getting too much stimulation or too little stimulation.”

“You read too much and understand too little.”

“Captain Littlepage had overset his mind with too much reading.”

“Those who spend too much will eventually be owned by those who are thrifty.”

“The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little.”

“No man ever said at the end of his days, "I have read my Bible too much, I have thought of God too much, I have prayed too much, I have been too careful about my soul."”