Randolph.
475.
It cannot but be injurious to the human mind never to be called into effort: the habit of receiving pleasure without any exertion of thought, by the mere excitement of curiosity, and sensibility, may be justly ranked among the worst effects of habitual novel-reading.
Coleridge.
476.
Patience is the chiefest fruit of study; a man that strives to make himself different from other men by much reading gains this chiefest good, that in all fortunes he hath something to entertain and comfort himself withal.
Selden.
477.
Friendship throws a greater lustre on prosperity, while it lightens adversity by sharing in its griefs and troubles.
Cicero.