"Perhaps I am a man of the eighteenth century, living in the twentieth, who dreams of the future."

"Books are not a substitute for life. But they can be a help."

"Don't talk to me about justice. I'm a man of letters, not a judge."

"I have always been a solitary man. I have always preferred books to people."

"The future is inevitable. We cannot change it. We can only change how we react to it."