Quotes by Temple, Sir William

The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third fo >>

The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, >>

There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, >>

Quotations about Books - Reading

Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and est >>

In science read the newest works, in literature read the oldest. >>

Read good, big important things. >>

Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed

Temple, Sir William