I Am Writing My Life

Praise The Beautiful For Their Intelligence And The Intelligent For Their Beauty.

The History Of My Life Must Begin By The Earliest Circumstance Which My Memory Can Evoke It Will Therefore Commence When I Had Attained The Age Of Eight Years And Four Months.

I Have Had Friends Who Have Acted Kindly Towards Me, And It Has Been My Good Fortune To Have It In My Power To Give Them Substantial Proofs Of My Gratitude.

I Learned Very Early That Our Health Is Always Impaired By Some Excess Either Of Food Or Abstinence, And I Never Had Any Physician Except Myself.

I Saw That Everything Famous And Beautiful In The World, If We Judge By The Descriptions And Drawings Of Writers And Artists, Always Loses When We Go To See It And Examine It Closely.