When A Sonnet Is Mediocre It Is

The Pleasure I Gave My Lovers Was A Four Fifth Of The Pleasure I Experienced.

I Have Always Had Such Sincere Love For Truth, That I Have Often Begun By Telling Stories For The Purpose Of Getting Truth To Enter The Heads Of Those Who Could Not Appreciate Its Charms.

The Reader Of These Memoirs Will Discover That I Never Had Any Fixed Aim Before My Eyes, And That My System, If It Can Be Called A System, Has Been To Glide Away Unconcernedly On The Stream Of Life, Trusting To The Wind Wherever It Led.

If You Have Not Done Things Worthy Of Being Written About, At Least Write Things Worthy Of Being Read.

As For Myself, I Always Willingly Acknowledge My Own Self As The Principal Cause Of Every Good And Of Every Evil Which May Befall Me; Therefore, I Have Always Found Myself Capable Of Being My Own Pupil, And Ready To Love My Teacher.