“The soul without imagination is what an observatory would be without a telescope.”

“Books are the windows through which the soul looks out. A home without books is like a room without windows.”

“Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.”

“A person without a sense of humor is like a wagon without springs, jolted by every pebble in the road.”

“A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them. It is a wrong to his family. He cheats them! Children learn to read by being in the presence of books. The love of knowledge comes with reading and grows upon it.”

“Selfishness is that detestable vice which no one will forgive in others, and no one is without himself.”

“A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never. ”