Mankind are creatures of books, as well of other circumstances.
Leigh Hunt.
The true university of these days is a collection of books.
Hero and Hero Worshippers.
Reading to the mind is what exercise is to the body. Addison.
Books that are books are all that you want, and there are but half-a-dozen in a thousand. Thoreau.
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Fuller.
Read much, but not many books. Sir William Hamilton.
When a new book appears, read an old one.
English Aphorism.