One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of close attention; and the world therefore swarms with writers whose wish is not to be studied, but to be read

Gloomy calm of idle vacancy.

Idleness and timidity often despair without being overcome, and forbear attempts for fear of being defeated; and we may promote the invigoration of faint endeavors, by showing what has already been performed

You can never be wise unless you love reading.

What is twice read is commonly better remembered that what is transcribed.

A man ought to read just as inclination leads him; for what he reads as a task will do him little good.