One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.

"While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be."

"A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay."

"Our friends interpret the world and ourselves to us, if we take them tenderly and truly."