books

How hard it is to make an Englishman acknowledge that he is happy! Pendennis. Book ii. Chap. xxxi.

Might I give counsel to any man, I would say to him, try to frequent the company of your betters. In books and in life, that is the most wholesome society; learn to admire rightly; the great pleasure of life is that. Note what great men admire.

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted. You should live several lives while reading it.

I'll note you in my book of memory.

Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head; And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in everything.

Keep thy foot out of brothels, thy hand out of plackets, thy pen from lender's books, and defy the foul fiend.

Soothsayer In Nature's infinite book of secrecy A little I can read.

Bell, book and candle shall not drive me back, When gold and silver becks me to come on.

In nature's infinite book of secrecy, a little I can read.

Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books; But love from love, toward school with heavy looks.