A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from read more

A bad book is as much of a labor to write as a good one, it comes as sincerely from the author's soul.

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage.

These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.

These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

Deep versed in books and shallow in himself.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

Books are not men and yet they stay alive.

People read books and they find a new world that can change their lives.

People read books and they find a new world that can change their lives.

Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.

Books are the blessed chloroform of the mind.