He who has truth at his heart need never fear the want of persuasion on his tongue.
What do we, as a nation, care about books? How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared with what we spend on our horses?
One who does not know when to die, does not know how to live.
It is far better to give work that is above a person, than to educate the person to be above their work.
If a book is worth reading, it is worth buying.
Perfect taste is the faculty of receiving the greatest possible pleasure from those material sources which are attractive to oar moral nature in its purity and perfection.