"To sit in the shade on a fine day and look upon verdure is the most perfect refreshment."

"I can always live by my pen."

"How wonderful, how very wonderful the operations of time, and the changes of the human mind!"

"Always be a first-rate version of yourself."

"Civilization is human rights, it is the path of setting man free from men, phobia, to survive it, we must cultivate the science of human relationships."

"For my whole life, my favorite activity was reading. It's not the most social pastime."