Death pays all debts.
I consider myself an average man, except in the fact that I consider myself an average man.
The most universal quality is diversity.
Friendship is a creature formed for a companionship not for a herd.
I do not correct my first imaginings by my second--well, yes, perhaps a word or so, but only to vary, not to delete. I want to represent the course of my humors and I want people to see each part at its birth.
My opinion is that we must lend ourselves to others and give ourselves only to ourselves. If my will happened to be prone to mortgage and attach itself, I would not last: I am too tender, both by nature and by practice.