“Friends, books and a cherfful heard and conscience clear are the most choice companions we have here”
“Friends, books, cheerful heart, and conscience clearAre the most choice companions we have here.”
“These books are my friends, my companions.”
“A blessed companion is a book! A book that, fitly chosen, is a life-long friend.”
“Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.”
“A blessed companion is a book--a book that, fitly chosen, is a lifelong friend...a book that, at a touch, pours its heart into your own.”