A precious, mouldering pleasure 't is, to meet an antique book, In just the dress his century wore; A privilege I think.

The appetite for silence is seldom an acquired taste.

One need not be a chamber to be haunted.

I fear a Man of frugal speech - I fear a Silent Man - Haranguer - I can overtake - Or Babbler - entertain - But He who weigheth - While the Rest - Expend their furthest pound - Of this Man - I am wary - I fear that He is Grand -

The dearest ones of time, the strongest friends of the soul--BOOKS.

You are out of the way of temptation and out of the way of the tempter - I didn't mean to make you wicked - but I was - and am - and shall be - and I was with you so much that I couldn't help contaminate.

This is my letter to the world That never wrote to me