Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.
The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most...
God give me work, till my life shall end/And life, till my work is done.
I was born to be a spinster, and, by God, I'm going to spin.
The crown of life is neither happiness nor annihilation it is understanding.
