“I congratulate myself on not having arrived into the world until the present time. This age suits my taste.”
“I read only to please myself, and enjoy only what suits my taste.”
“Fools have a habit of believing that everything written by a famous author is admirable. For my part I read only to please myself and like only what suits my taste.”
“And never have I felt so deeplyat one and the same time so detached from myself and so present in the world.”
“Congratulate yourself if you have broken the monotony of a conventional age”
“I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.”