Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable.
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return to them again and again for, like true friends, they will never fail us - never cease to instruct - never cloy.
A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.
Who learns most from a good book is the author.
Books are a real solace, friendships are good but action is better than all.
A good book is a good book. End of story.
Finishing a good book is like leaving a good friend.
A good book, in the language of the book-sellers, is a salable one; in that of the curious, a scarce one; in that of men of sense, a useful and instructive one.
Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.
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