“Live always in the best company when you read.”

“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.”

“If I could always read I should never feel the want of company.”

“Reading is the best way to live in somebody else's shoes.”

“Associate with the noblest people you can find; read the best books; live with the mighty; but learn to be happy alone.”

“The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best.”

“A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company.”

“We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.”

“My idea of good company… is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call good company.'
'You are mistaken,' said he gently, 'that is not good company, that is the best.”

“Remember, young man, experience is not the best teacher. Other people's experience is the best teacher. By reading about the lives of great people, you can unlock the secrets to what made them great.”