 A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life. Topics: Books |
| Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. Topics: Books, Beauty |
| Books are not men and yet they stay alive. Topics: Books |
| The advertisements in a newspaper are more full knowledge in respect to what is going on in a state or community than the editorial columns are. Topics: Books, Community |
| There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them - the senses, intelligent companions, and books. Topics: Books |
| Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? Topics: Books |
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| Gratitude is the fairest blossom which springs from the soul. Topics: Character, Gratitude |
| Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when it serves only to carry a man above his fellows for his own solitary glory. He is the greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own. Topics: Character, Strength |
| You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door. Topics: Character |
| Man is at the bottom an animal, midway, a citizen, and at the top, divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top. Topics: Character |
| Flowers have an expression of countenance as much as men or animals. Some seem to smile, some have a sad expression, some are pensive and diffident, others again are plain, honest and upright. Topics: Character, Honesty |
| None love to speak so much, when the mood of speaking comes, as they who are naturally taciturn. Topics: Character |
