• Books are masters who instruct us without rods or ferules, without words or anger, without bread or money. If you approach them, they are not asleep; If you seek them, they do not hide; If you blunder, they do not scold; if you are ignorant, they do not laugh at you.

    Richard de Bury: Books are masters who instruct us without rods or ferules, without words or anger, without bread or money. 
If you approach them, they are not asleep; If you seek them, they do not hide; 
If you blunder, they do not scold; if you are ignorant, they do not laugh at you.