~ Books are the glass of council to dress ourselves by. ~
~ Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. ~
~ A book that is shut is but a block. ~
~ Books are embalmed minds. ~
~ The walls of books around him, dense with the past, formed a kind of insulation against the present world and its disasters. ~
~ He who lends a book is an idiot. He who returns the book is more of an idiot. ~
~ Books are immortal sons deifying their sires. ~
~ Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves. ~
~ The books that the world calls immoral are the books that show the world its own shame. ~
~ Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can ~
~ Books are humanity in print. ~
~ Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. ~