我宁愿和我的书、我的家人和几个老朋友一起关在一个非常简陋的小屋里,吃着简单的培根,让世界按照它喜欢的方式发展,也不愿占据任何人力所能给予的最辉煌的职位。
(I had rather be shut up in a very modest cottage with my books, my family and a few old friends, dining on simple bacon, and letting the world roll on as it liked, than to occupy the most splendid post, which any human power can give.)