There is no royal road to learning; no short cut to the acquirement of any art. - Anthony Trollope

Don't let love interfere with your appetite. It never does with mine.

Every man to himself is the centre of the whole world; — the axle on which it all turns. All knowledge is but his own perception of the things around him. All love, and care for others, and solicitude for the world's welfare, are but his own feelings as to the world's wants and the world's merits.

That I can read and be happy while I am reading, is a great blessing.