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.
Enam kui saja aasta eest vaatas ta tagasi oma elule ja kirjutas nõnda: "Aega ei ole, elu on üürike, nääklemiste, vabanduste, kadeduse, arupärimiste jaoks.