“A good book is the purest essence of a human soul.”

“In books lies the soul fo the whole past time.”

“History is the essence of innumerable biographies.”

“In books lies the soul of the whole Past Time: the articulate audible voice of the Past, when the body and material substance of it has altogether vanished like a dream.”

“There needs not a great soul to make a hero; there needs a god-created soul which will be true to its origin; that will be a great soul!”

“Literature is the thought of thinking souls.”

“The greatest university is a collection of books.”