“Reading is to the mind what exerise is to the body.”
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body”
“Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.”
“Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind.”
“A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.”
“Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.”