“He had a small but well stocked library. He loved books; books are a remote but reliable friend.”

“He loved books; books are cold but safe friends.”

“He was fond of books, for they are cool and sure friends”

“It seemed as though he had for a soul the book of the natural law.”

“Books are cold but sure friends.”

“Books are cold but safe friends”

“Madame Magloire sometimes called him ‘Your Highness.’ One day, rising from his armchair, he went to his library for a book. It was on one of the upper shelves, and as the bishop was rather short, he could not reach it. ’Madame Magloire,’ said he, ‘bring me a chair. My highness cannot reach that shelf.”