He took a keen pleasure in poetry and music, had great conversational power, and his sense of natural beauty led to his taking up, not unsuccessfully, landscape painting late in life as a recreation.
Siya kinuha ng isang masigasig kasiyahan sa mga tula at musika, may dakilang kapangyarihan-usap, at ang kanyang mga kahulugan ng likas na kagandahan na humantong sa kanyang taking up, hindi unsuccessfully, landscape pintura huli sa buhay bilang isang recreation.