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Madam, a circulating library in a town is as an evergreen tree of diabolical knowledge; it blossoms through the year. And depend on it that they who are so fond of handling the leaves, will long for the fruit at last.   Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

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Richard Brinsley Sheridan (October 30, 1751 July 7, 1816) was an Irish playwright and Whig statesman.

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