Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.

There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!

There is no Past, so long as Books shall live!

My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.

My test of a good novel is dreading to begin the last chapter.

Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.

Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.

Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.

Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when
adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters. They give
strength to read more

Books are delightful when prosperity happily smiles; when
adversity threatens, they are inseparable comforters. They give
strength to human compacts, nor are grave opinions brought
forward without books. Arts and sciences, the benefits of which
no mind can calculate. depend upon books.

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the read more

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.