Books can warm the heart with friendly words and counsel, entering into a close relationship with us which is articulate and alive
PetrarchAlack our life, so beautiful to see, With how much ease life losest, in a day, What many years with pain and toil amassed!
PetrarchThere is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen. Other pleasures fail us or wound us while they charm, but the pen we take up rejoicing and lay down with satisfaction, for it has the power to advantage not only its lord and master, but many others as well, even though they be far away - sometimes, indeed, though they be not born for thousands of years to come.
Petrarch