Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.
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The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem.
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The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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I not only use all the brains I have but all I can borrow.
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Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a passage. As soon as he has done this, that line will be quoted east and west.
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He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily impressed on the memory, and so recur habitually to the mind.
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I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
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Everything has been thought of before, but the problem is to think of it again.
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In quoting of books, quote such authors as are usually read; others you may read for your own satisfaction, but not name them.
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To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.
