1.Choose an author as you choose a friend.
2.The time to read is any time:no apparatus,noappointment of time and place,is necessary.
3.Read the best books first,or you may not have a chance to read at all.
4.Read much,but not too many books.
5.The book-worm wraps himself up in his web of virbal generalities,and sees only the glimmering shadows of things reflected from the mind of others.
6.Some resd to think,these are rare:some to write,these are common:and some read to talk,and these form the great majority.