Every generation thinks it has the answers, and every generation is humbled by nature

Every generation thinks it has the answers, and every generation is humbled by nature

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

A room without books is like a body without a soul.

Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in
a book!

Oh that my words were now written! on that they were printed in
a book!

Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.

Ideally a book would have no order to it, and the reader would have to discover his own.

Only your friends steal your books

Only your friends steal your books

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

A politician thinks of the next election -- a statesman, of the next generation.

A politician thinks of the next election -- a statesman, of the next generation.