Unlike The Sun, Intellectual Luminaries Shine Brightest

We Should Choose Our Books As We Would Our Companions, For Their Sterling And Intrinsic Merit.

Imitation Is The Highest Form Of Flattery.

A Youth Without Fire Is Followed By An Old Age Without Experience.

It Has Been Shrewdly Said, That When, Men Abuse Us We Should Suspect Ourselves, And When They Praise Us, Them. It Is A Rare Instance Of Virtue To Despise Which Censure Which We Do Not Deserve; And Still More Rare To Despise Praise Which We Do.

To Be Continually Subject To The Breath Of Slander, Will Tarnish The Purest Virtue, As A Constant Exposure To The Atmosphere Will Obscure The Brightness Of The Finest Gold; But In Either Case, The Real Value Of Both Continues The Same, Although The Currency May Be Somewhat Impeded.