In Morocco I abducted the most beautiful damsel of the Bey from his harem.
I spend the season in Italy.

I have an elegant villa on the shores of the Lake of Como.

I have whole folios written of my travels by the best French authors, and I publish them as if I had written them myself.

The Academie des Sciences has elected me a member in consequence.

At Homburg I have lost half a million francs at a sitting without moving a muscle of my face.