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

“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.”

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

“All that mankind has done, thought, gained, or been; it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.”

“If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated readings deserves to be read at all.”

“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!”

“Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand. ”