“The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.”

“After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style.”

“The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.”

“The delight of opening a new pursuit, or a new course of reading, imparts the vivacity and novelty of youth even to old age.”

“The defects of great men are the consolation of the dunces.”

“Beware of the man of one book.”

“The delights of reading impart the vivacity of youth even to old age.”

“There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing.”