On reading

All the wisdom of the ages, all the stories that have delighted mankind for centuries, are easily and cheaply available to all of us within the covers of books.Reading is peasure of mind.

Reading is fun, not because the writer is telling you something, but because it makes your mind work.Your experience, compared with his, brings you to the same or different conclusion.As a result of reading, you'll become better, wiser, kinder, of more gentle.

In the long run, you not only find out about the world and the people in it;you find out about yourself, too. Reading studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability.