We may take Fancy for a companion, but must follow Reason as our guide.

You can never be wise unless you love reading.

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

Criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant as a standard of judging well.

How small of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure! Still to ourselves in every place consigned, Our own felicity we make or find. With secret course, which no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy.

When I first collected these authorities, I was desirous that every quotation should be useful to some other end than the illustration of a word; I therefore extracted from philosophers principles of science; from historians remarkable facts; from chymists complete processes; from divines striking exhortations; and from poets beautiful descriptions.

People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.