“Ability without honor is useless.”

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”

“So it may well be believed that when I found him taking a complete holiday, with a vast supply of books at command, he had the air of indulging in a literary debauch, if the term may be applied to so honorable an occupation.”

“A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.”

“Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of language. ”

“Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.”

“Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief”