“Say whatever your memory suggests is true; but add nothing and exaggerate nothing.”

“But afterwards, is there nothing more for me in life - no true home - nothing to be dearer to me than myself?”

“Better to try all things and find all empty, than to try nothing and leave your life a blank.”

“You know nothing about me, and nothing about the sort of love which I am capable.”

“I envy you your peace of mind, your clean conscience, your unpolluted memory. Little girl, a memory without blot of contamination must be an exquisite treasure-an inexhaustible source of pure refreshment: is it not?”

“I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon.”

“Speak," he urged. "What about, sir?" "Whatever you like. I leave both the choice of subject and the manner of treating it entirely to yourself." Accordingly I sat and said nothing. "If he expects me to talk, for the mere sake of talking and showing off, he will find he has addressed himself to the wrong person," I thought.”