Books are the best of things if well used; if abused, among the worst. They are good for nothing but to inspire.

This time is a very good one if we but know what to do with it

Steam is no stronger now than it was a hundred years ago but it is put to better use

Sooner or later that which is now life shall be poetry, and every fair and manly trait shall add a richer strain to the song.''

The profit of books is according to the sensibility of the reader. The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.

In a library we are surrounded by many hundreds of dear friends imprisoned by an enchanter in paper and leathern boxes.