"In reading, we hold converse with the wise; in the business of life, generally with the foolish."—Bacon.
"That place that does
Contain my books, the best companions, is
To me a glorious court, where hourly I
Converse with the old sages and philosophers."
J. Fletcher.
"Bookes are a part of man's prerogative,
In formal inke they thoughts and voyces hold,
That we to them our solitude may give,
And make time present travel that of old.