Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house for hundreds of years. It is not then an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital and often in the case of professional men setting out in life it is their only capital.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
The highest use of capital is not to make more money but to make money do...
Study is the bane of childhood the oil of youth the indulgence of adulthood and a restorative in old age.