He will not find it there.

What is called society is a world in which nobody is happy, and in which pure human nature is afraid to show itself.

Life among the higher classes in all countries is formal, artificial, theatrical; poetry is not there.

Of course no kind of human community is perfectly happy, but it is among the simple folk, the country folk, who do not know much about evil and deceit, that the greater proportion of happiness can be found.

Among the youths of the country especially, combining the charm of childhood with the strength of adult maturity, the best possible subjects for fine pure studies of human nature can be found.