The Reading Of Books, What Is It

It Is Commonly Said That Revenge Is Sweet, But To A Calm And Considerate Mind, Patience And Forgiveness Are Sweeter.

Virtue Is Not A Mushroom, That Springeth Up Of Itself In One Night When We Are Asleep, Or Regard It Not; But A Delicate Plant, That Groweth Slowly And Tenderly, Needing Much Pains To Cultivate It, Much Care To Guard It, Much Time To Mature It, In Our Untoward Soil, In This World's Unkindly Weather.

None Are Too Wise To Be Mistaken, But Few Are So Wisely Just As To Acknowledge And Correct Their Mistakes, And Especially The Mistakes Of Prejudice.

Every Ear Is Tickled With The Sweet Music Of Applause.

Industry Has Annexed Thereto The Fairest Fruits And The Richest Rewards.