The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its inter... - Marcus Tullius Cicero

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."

"The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living."

"A room without books is like a body without a soul."

"The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the other lacks and trying to benefit the other, always using friendly and sincere words."

"What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk."