Where pride is insistent enough, memory prefers to give way.
Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness.
The memory of benefits is a frail defence against ingratitude.
Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.
Memories are killing. So you must not think of certain things, of those that are dear to you, or rather you must think of them, for if you don’t there is the danger of finding them, in your mind, little by little.
Memories and possibilities are ever more hideous than realities.
Many a man fails to become a thinker for the sole reason that his memory is too good.
It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory.
It is only by not paying one’s bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes.
Intelligence is the wife, imagination is the mistress, memory is the servant.
Creditors have better memories than debtors.
Any one who in discussion relies upon authority uses, not his understanding, but rather his memory.
