Man is the servant of nature, and the institutions of society are grafts, not spontaneous growths of nature.[L’homme est le ministre de la nature, et la société vient s’enter sur elle.]
If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.
A writer should not allow himself to be turned into an institution.[L’écrivain doit donc refuser de se laisser transformer en institution.]
