Luminous quotations, also, atone, by their interest, for the dulness of an inferior book, and add to the value of a superior work by the variety which they lend to its style and treatment. – Christian Nestell Bovee, “Quoters and Quoting,” Institutions and Summaries of Th

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. – George Bernard Shaw

Aphorism, n.: A concise, clever statement you don’t think of until too late. – James Alexander Thom

[B]ut in literature, it should be remembered, a thing always becomes his at last who says it best, and thus makes it his own. – James Russell Lowell