To have been torn from the study would have been as death; my time was entirely occupied with art.

Hunting, fishing, drawing, and music occupied my every moment. Cares I knew not, and cared naught about them.

I think the time for dawdling has disappeared, ... If there's anything we've learned, it's that each new study and set of findings provides indications that we are more vulnerable and have less time to act than we thought before.

I wouldn't mind working part-time just to keep myself occupied.

Poor France, thy fine climate, rich vineyards, and the wishes of the learned avail nothing; thou art a destitute beggar, and not the powerful friend thou wert represented to me.

My time is now.