Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman is exact.

Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.

I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing.