It Is Chiefly Through Books That We

It Feeds And Grows On The Blood Which It Sheds. The Passions , From Which It Springs, Gain Strength And Fury From Indulgence.

A General Loftiness Of Sentiment, Independence Of Men, Consciousness Of Good Intentions, Self-oblivion In Great Objects, Clear Views Of Futurity; Thoughts Of The Blessed Companionship Of Saints And Angels, Trust In God As The Friend Of Truth And Virtue,--these Are The States Of Mind In Which I Should Live.

Great Effort From Great Motives Is The Best Definition Of A Happy Life

Reading Is The Royal Road To Intellectual Eminence...truly Good Books Are More Than Mines To Those Who Can Understand Them. They Are The Breathings Of The Great Souls Of Past Times. Genius Is Not Embalmed In Them, But Lives In Them Perpetually.

Innocent Amusements Are Such As Excite Moderately, And Such As Produce A Cheerful Frame Of Mind, Not Boisterous Mirth; Such As Refresh, Instead Of Exhausting, The System; Such As Recur Frequently, Rather Than Continue Long; Such As Send Us Back To Our Daily Duties Invigorated In Body And Spirit; Such As We Can Partake Of In The Presence And Society Of Respectable Friends; Such As Consist With And Are Favorable To A Grateful Piety; Such As Are Chastened By Self-respect, And Are Accompanied With The Consciousness That Life Has A Higher End Than To Be Amused.