None strive to know their proper merit
But strain for wisdom, beauty, spirit
And lose the praise that is their due
When they've the impossible in view

“Civility costs nothing and buys everything”

“No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.”

“I give myself sometimes admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.”

“There is no remedy so easy as books, which if they do not give cheerfulness, at…”