Richard De Bury Quotes
Books delight us when prosperity smiles upon us; they comfort us inseparably when stormy fortune frowns on us.
All the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion, unless God had provided mortals with the remedy of books.
A library of wisdom, then, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it.
Books alone are liberal and free; they give to all who ask; they emancipate all who serve them faithfully.
Books appear to be the most immediate instruments of speculative delight.
All the glory of the world would be buried in oblivion unless God had provided mortals with the remedy of books.