Here I was not equally frank; yet I did not feign any thing, but merely dealt in generals.

I had acquired notions of propriety on this head, perhaps somewhat fastidious.

Minute details, respecting our own concerns, are apt to weary all but the narrator himself.

I said thus much, and the truth of my remark was eagerly assented to.
With some marks of hesitation and after various preliminaries, my companion hinted that my own interest, as well as his, enjoined upon me silence to all but himself, on the subject of my birth and early adventures.

It was not likely that, while in his service, my circle of acquaintance would be large or my intercourse with the world frequent; but in my communication with others he requested me to speak rather of others than of myself.