“Books are absent teachers.”
“no more pencils, no more books, no more teachers' dirty looks, when the teacher rings the bell, drop your books and run like hell”
“Books are ... companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of mind. Books are humanity in print.”
“Jane Austen's books, too, are absent from this library. Just that one omission alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it.”
“Wine can be a better teacher than ink, and banter is often better than books”
“Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers.”