A good book is a good friend. He will talk to you if you want him to talk, but will shut up if you don't want him to talk. - A library is a collection of good friends.
I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.
The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of all the rest.
Patience is passion tamed.
