Learning is its own exceeding great reward.

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A wise traveler never despises his own country.

Books let us into their souls and lay open to us the secrets of our own.

If I have not read a book before it is for all intents and purposes new to me whether it was printed yesterday or three hundred years ago.

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles.

You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.

A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

The biggest seller is cookbooks, and the second is diet books – how not to eat what you’ve just learned how to cook.