To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.

Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun.

To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?

So it may well be believed that when I found him taking a complete holiday, with a vast supply of books at command, he had the air of indulging in a literary debauch, if the term may be applied to so honorable an occupation.

Everyone has his besetting sin.

Judge not by the number, but by the weight.

No one has lived a short life who has performed its duties with unblemished character.