都德：书籍是最好的朋友。在生活中遇到任何困难，都可以向它求助，它们永远不会弃你而去。Books are the best friends.No matter what difficulties you meet with in life,you can turn to them for help and they will never discard you.

　　利希藤贝格：书是一面镜子，如果一只驴子向里面窥视，你不可能指望正往外看的是圣徒。A book is a mirror ,if an ass peers into it,you can’t expect an apostle to look out.

　　多蒂：你从父母那里学会爱，学会笑，学会走路，可是打开一本书，你会发现你有了翅膀。From your parents you lean love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other.But when books are opened you discover that you have wings.

　　哈曼：一幢没有书的房子，犹如一个没有窗户的房间。A house without books is like a room without windows.

　　伯克：阅读不思考犹如吃饭不消化。 Reading without reflecting is like eating without digesting.

　　爱默生：不必告诉我你曾经读过什么书，我可以从你的言谈中察知。不必告诉我你同什么人交往，我可以从你的举止中看出。Do not tell me the books you have read，let me glean it from your conversation .Do not tell me of the people you associate with，let me observe it by your manners.

　　All books are spanisible into two classes: the books of the hour, and the books of all time.一切书籍都可以分为二类：即：一时之书与永久之书。