“A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people. ”

“Associate with noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty. But learn to be happy alone. Rely upon your own energies, and so not wait for, or depend on other people.”

“Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.”

“There are two ways to dislike poetry: One is to dislike it; the other is to read Pope.”

“Civilization is not by means an easy thing to attain to. There are only two ways by which man can reach it. One is by being cultured, the other by being corrupt.”

“Read for fun, read for information, read in order to understand yourself and other people with quite different ideas. Learn about the world beyond your door. Learn to be compassionate and grow in wisdom. Books can help us in all these ways.”