Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then. — Samuel Johnson. English writer and lexicographer (1709–1784) Adversity
The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write; a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.