Who borrow books and soon restore, may come again and borrow more. If this is borrowed by a friend, right welcome shall he be, to read, to study, not to lend, but to return to me. I enjoy sharing my books as I do my friends, asking only that you treat them well and see them safely home. A book is a journey into a new land. Choose well, your choice is brief but endless.
Books are like lamps spreading their light.
Wear the old coat, buy the new book. Knowledge is the lifeblood of civilization and the means of turning darkness into light. If love, joy, laughter, sorrow please my mind, love, joy, grief, laughter in my books I find. For a jolly goode booke, whereon to looke, is better to me than golde. The love of learning the sequestered nooks, and all the sweet serenity of books.