Master books, but do not let them master you. - Read to live, not live to read.

Reading stimulates the imagination and a good imagination can change the world in the most splendid of ways.

Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can.

Genius does what it must, and Talent does what it can.

Those true eyes Too pure and too honest in aught to disguise The sweet soul shining through them

There is nothing certain in a man’s life but that he must lose it.