“Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.”

“Good company requires only birth, manners and education and, with regard to education, I'm afraid it is not very particular”

“My idea of good company, Mr Elliot, is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.""You are mistaken," said he gently, "that is not good company; that is the best. Good company requires only birth, education, and manners (...)”

“If a man is known by the company he keeps, so also his character is reflected in the books he reads.”

“Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman. Believing what he read made him mad.”

“There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.”