Shakespeare’s famous aphorisms about reading are as follows:

1. Books are the nutrition of the world. Life without books is like no sunshine; wisdom without books is like no nutrition. It's like a bird has no wings.

2. Books are the president of human knowledge.

3. Ignorance is sin, and knowledge is the wings through which we fly to heaven.

4. If books are not read frequently, they are like pieces of wood.

5. Books are nutrition for all mankind.

6. An educated person knows how to use each sense as a tool, how to enlighten it, sharpen it, and how to put it to practical use.

7. A proud person will always destroy himself in pride.

8. Books are the nutrition of the world. Life without books is like the earth without sunshine; wisdom without books is like a bird without wings.

9. Life without books is like a life without sunshine; wisdom without books is like a bird without wings.

10. Books are nutrition for all mankind.

11. Love is not sweet words in the shade of flowers, secret words in the peach blossom garden, gentle tears, nor stubborn compulsion. Love is based on consent.

12. Love that can be measured is poor.

13. The midnight hour of love is as bright as noon.

14. Love is so full of images and is the most imaginative of all things.

15. Love is seen not with eyes, but with the heart. Let us not drag down our memories with the sadness of the past.

16. Knowledge must be in line with one's own interests in order to benefit.