Famous quotes containing the words treasure, maze and/or book:
“I have had no other treasure in this world than to see you once perfect and complete, as much in virtue, honesty and wisdom, as in all free and honest learning, and so leave you after my death like a mirror representing my person—your father—if not as excellent in fact as I would wish, certainly so in desire.”
—François Rabelais (1494–1553)
“Society bristles with enigmas which look hard to solve. It is a perfect maze of intrigue.”
—Honoré De Balzac (1799–1850)
“Everything that is printed and bound in a book contains some echo at least of the best that is in literature.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)