Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.
Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled 'This could change your life.'
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations.