London Is A Modern Babylon.

You Asked Me Where I Generally Lived. In My Workshop [i.e. In His Study] In The Mornings And Always In The Library In The Evening. Books Are Companions Even If You Don’t Open Them.

When A Man Fell Into His Anecdotage It Was A Sign For Him To Retire From The World.

Fear Makes Us Feel Our Humanity.

As Men Advance In Life, All Passions Resolve Themselves Into Money. Love, Ambition, Even Poetry, End In This.

It Is Knowledge That Influences And Equalizes The Social Condition Of Man; That Gives To All, However Different Their Political Position, Passions Which Are In Common, And Enjoyments Which Are Universal.