Our high respect for a well read person is praise enough for literature.
We read many books, because we cannot know enough people.
With cats, some say, one rule is true: Don't speak till you are spoken to.
Time present and time past / are both perhaps present in time future.
A toothache, or a violent passion, is not necessarily diminished by our knowledge of its causes, its character, its importance or insignificance.
We ask only to be reassured About the noises in the cellar And the window that should not have been open