“A man is known by the books he reads.”

“If we encounter a man of rare intellect, we should ask him what books he reads.”

“Man Thinking must not be subdued by his instruments. Books are for the scholar's idle times. When he can read God directly, the hour is too precious to be wasted in other men's transcripts of their readings.”

“In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.”

“Never read a book that is not a year old.”

“What can we see, read, acquire, but ourselves. Take the book, my friend, and read your eyes out, you will never find there what I find.”

“O Day of days when we can read! The reader and the book, either without the other is naught.”