Worthy books
Are not companions--they are solitudes:
We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.

Worthy books
Are not companions--they are solitudes:
We lose ourselves in them and all our cares.

It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.

It is easier to buy books than to read them, and easier to read them than to absorb them.

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.

A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.

A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books,
exempted from the wrong of time, and capable read more

But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books,
exempted from the wrong of time, and capable of perpetual
renovation.

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all

Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them all

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them

People get nothing out of books but what they bring to them