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One drachma for a good book, and a thousand talents for a true friend;—

So standeth the market, where scarce is ever costly:

Yea, were the diamonds of Golconda common as shingles on the shore,

A ripe apple would ransom kings before a shining stone:

And so, were a wholesome book as rare as an honest friend,

To choose the book be mine: the friend let another take.

M. F. Tupper. Proverbial Philosophy.

A blessed companion is a book,—a book that, fitly chosen, is a life-long friend.—D. Jerrold. Books.

May I a small house and large garden have!

And a few friends, and many books, both true.

A. Cowley. The Wish.