My remembrance of the past is a novel I am constantly recomposing; and it would not be a historical novel, but sheer fiction, if the material events which mark and ballast my career had not their public dates and characters scientifically discoverable.
Chaos is perhaps at the bottom of everything.
The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive
The primary use of conversation is to satisfy the impulse to talk.
Memory itself is an internal rumour.
Manhood and sagacity ripen of themselves; it suffices not to repress or distort them.