Good as it is to inherit a library, it is better to collect one. – Augustine Birrell, Obiter Dicta, "Book Buying"

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. – Richard Steele, Tatler, 1710

I divide all readers into two classes; those who read to remember and those who read to forget. – William Lyon Phelps

Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counselors, and the most patient of teachers. – Charles W. Eliot