Patience is passion tamed.
The very essence of rationalism is that it assumes that the reason is the highest faculty in man and the lord of all the rest.
I abhor a hoe. I am fond of flowers but not of dirt, and had rather buy them than cultivate them.
A good book is a good friend. He will talk to you if you want him to talk, but will shut up if you don't want him to talk. - A library is a collection of good friends.
