“Stay is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary.”

“Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.”

“The history of books shows the humblest origin of some of the most valued, wrought as these were out of obscure materials by persons whose names thereafter became illustrious. The thumbed volumes, now so precious to thousands, were compiled from personal experiences and owe their interest to touches of inspiration of which the writer was less author than amanuensis, himself the voiced word of life for all times.”

“Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind and finds the readiest responses.”

“Civilization degrades the many to exalt the few.”

“The less of routine, the more of life.”

“The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.”