A book is one of the most patient of all man's inventions.
Centuries mean nothing to a well-made book.
It awaits its destined reader, come when he may, with eager hand and seeing eye. I always tell people that I became a writer not because I went to school but because my mother took me to the library. It may not seem like much, but think of the consequences. Knowledge is of two kinds. Samuel A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it.