More than a century ago, he was looking back on his life, and he wrote this: "There isn't time, so brief is life, for bickerings, apologies, heartburnings, callings to account.
Daugiau nei prieš amžių, peržvelgdamas savo gyvenimą, jis parašė: „Gyvenimas yra trumpas: nėra laiko rietenoms, atsiprašymams, apmaudui, pasiaiškinimams.