The body of Christ is wherever human bodies are, and he who has any bitterness against his brother is always committing sacrilege. Ward Beecher.
The book of Nature is the book of Fate. Emerson.
The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read, / With loads of learned lumber in his head. Pope.
The books which help you most are those which make you think the most. Theodore Parker.
The borrower runs in his own debt. Emerson.
The bough that is dead shall be cut away for the sake of the tree itself. Let the Conservatism that would preserve the tree, cut it away. Carlyle.
The bounds of a man's knowledge are easily concealed if he has but prudence. Goldsmith.
The boy stands astonished; his impressions 5 guide him; he learns sportfully; seriousness steals on him by surprise. Goethe.
The boy's story is the best that is ever told. Dickens.
The boy's will is the wind's will, / And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts. Lapland Pr.