Traveling thousands of miles is better than reading thousands of books. -Chinese Proverb
Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting. -Edmund Burke
Books are the ever-burning lamps of accumulated wisdom. -G.W.Curtis
A great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight. -Shelley
The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest men of past centuries. -Rene Descartes
All books are spanisible into two classes: the books of the hour, and the books of all time. -John Ruskin