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Study: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtile; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.— BACON — Of Studies.

When night hath set her silver lamp on high, Then is the time for study.— BAILEY — Festus. Sc. A Village Feast.

Exhausting thought, And hiving wisdom with each studious year.— BYRON — Childe Harold. Canto III. St. 107.

Hæc studia adolescentiam alunt, senectutem oblectant, secundas res ornant, adversis solatium et perfugium præbent, delectant domi, non impediunt foris, pernoctant nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur. These (literary) studies are the food of youth, and consolation of age; they adorn prosperity, and are the comfort and refuge of adversity; they are pleasant at home, and are no incumbrance abroad; they accompany us at night, in our travels, and in our rural retreats.— CICERO — Oratio Pro Licinio Archia.