"Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations... Their authors are a natural and irresistible aristocracy in every society, and more than kings or emperors, exert influence on mankind." –Henry David Thoreau

"To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, nore even to found a school, but to so love wisdom as to live accordingly to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust."