"It may be that you are not yourself luminous, but that you are a conductor of light. Some people without possessing genius have a remarkable power of stimulating it."
"We can't command our love, but we can our actions."
"The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods."
"There are heroisms all round us waiting to be done."
"There is no scent so pleasant to my nostrils as that faint, subtle reek which comes from an ancient book."
"It is a great thing to start life with a small number of really good books which are your very own."