Books are not made for furniture but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house. The Duty of Owning Books (1859)
Books are the windows through which the soul looks out. A house without books is like a room without windows. The Duty of Owning Books (1859)
Give me a house furnished with books rather than furniture! Both, if you can, but books at any rate! The Duty of Owning Books (1859)