This love of reading didn't wane at all in his later years, and when he found his memory failing he carved himself a seal with the exhortatory motto: "The more you forget the more you need to read."
即使晚年時候，他讀書的興致依然未減絲毫，在發覺記憶大不如前，感嘆之餘，刻了一枚「多讀補多忘」的閒章來激勵自己越老越要多讀書。