The constant habit of perusing devout books is so indispensable, that it has been termed the oil of the lamp of prayer. Too much reading, however, and too little meditation, may produce the effect of a lamp inverted; which is…

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Love never reasons, but profusely gives; it gives like a thoughtless prodigal its all, and...

Love never reasons, but profusely gives; it gives like a thoughtless prodigal its all, and...

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost...

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost...

Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to...

Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to...

Depart from discretion when it interferes with duty.

Depart from discretion when it interferes with duty.

The wretch who digs the mine for bread, or ploughs, that others may be fed,...

The wretch who digs the mine for bread, or ploughs, that others may be fed,...

Goals help you overcome short-term problems.

Goals help you overcome short-term problems.

Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains.

Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains.

Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment...

Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment...

In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book...

In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book...

If I were asked to say what is at once the most important production of...

If I were asked to say what is at once the most important production of...

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part,...

It is with books as with men: a very small number play a great part,...

When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any...

When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any...

We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.

We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.

All the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion, unless God had provided...

All the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion, unless God had provided...

Love goes toward love, as schoolboys from their books; But love from love, toward school...

Love goes toward love, as schoolboys from their books; But love from love, toward school...

It is a mistake to think that books have come to stay. The human race...

It is a mistake to think that books have come to stay. The human race...

It is not the number of books you read, nor the variety of sermons you...

It is not the number of books you read, nor the variety of sermons you...

Unless their use by readers bring them to life, books are indeed dead things.

Unless their use by readers bring them to life, books are indeed dead things.

Our passions shape our books, repose writes them in the intervals.

Our passions shape our books, repose writes them in the intervals.

With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I...

With a few flowers in my garden, half a dozen pictures and some books, I...