Nature Is Thought Immersed In

Friends Are The Leaders Of The Bosom, Being More Ourselves Than We Are, And We Complement Our Affections In Theirs.

Life Is One, Religion One, Creeds Are Many And Diverse.

Books Are The Most Mannerly Of Companions, Accessible At All Times, In All Moods, Frankly Declaring The Author's Mind, Without Offense.

Nor Is A Day Lived If The Dawn Is Left Out Of It, With The Prospects It Opens. Who Speaks Charmingly Of Nature Or Of Mankind, Like Him Who Comes Bibulous Of Sunrise And The Fountains Of Waters?

One Must Be Rich In Thought And Character To Owe Nothing To Books, Though Preparation Is Necessary To Profitable Reading; And The Less Reading Is Better Than More;--book-struck Men Are Of All Readers Least Wise, However Knowing Or Learned.