The first time I read an excellent book, it is to me just as if I had gained a new friend. When I read a book over I have perused before, it resembles the meeting with an old one.
Oliver GoldsmithTo what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.
Oliver GoldsmithAs few subjects are more interesting to society, so few have been more frequently written upon than the education of youth.
Oliver GoldsmithI learn several great truths; as that it is impossible to see into the ways of futurity, that punishment always attends the villain, that love is the fond soother of the human breast.
Oliver Goldsmith