Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.

As addictions go, reading is among the cleanest, easiest to feed, happiest.

A man who has any relish for fine writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great author every time he peruses him; besides that he naturally wears himself into the same manner of speaking and thinking.