′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.

Those who don't read good books have no advantage over those who can't.

When I am king they shall not have bread and shelter only, but also teachings out of books, for a full belly is little worth where the mind is starved.

I have studied it often, but I never could discover the plot

Read what you find interesting, and then follow your interests. You'll find that in doing so you always generate enough to illuminate the next step.

Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?