... before parting that night we agreed that the objects of life were to produce good people and good books.

“quels soucis de gloire, quel intérêt, quelles satisfactions, et elles sont nomb…”

“Nature, who has played so many queer tricks upon us, making us so unequally of …”

“I cannot remember my past, my nose, or the colour of my eyes,or what my general…”

“I can only note that the past is beautiful because one never realises an emotio…”