Your Library Is Your Portrait.

The Poor Are The Only Consistent Altruists; They Sell All They Have And Give It To The Rich.

Books Are Never Out Of Humour; Never Envious Or Jealous, They Answer All Questions With Readiness; ... They Teach Us How To Live And How To Die; They Dispel Melancholy By Their Mirth, And Amuse By Their Wit; They Prepare The Soul To Suffer Everything And Desire Nothing; They Introduce Us To Ourselves.

Your Readiest Desire Is Your Path To Joy... Even If It Destroys You.

Those Who Seek Happiness Miss It, And Those Who Discuss It, Lack It.

Only One-fourth Of The Sorrow In Each Man's Life Is Caused By Outside Uncontrollable Elements, The Rest Is Self-imposed By Failing To Analyze And Act With Calmness.