What a sense of security in an old book which time has criticized for… — James Russell Lowell

Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book. — Samuel Johnson
All books are divisible into two classes, the books of the hour, and the books of all time. — John Ruskin
Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace. — James Russell Lowell
Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor. — James Russell Lowell
Every man feels instinctively that all the beautiful sentiments in the world weigh less than a single lovely action. — James Russell Lowell