So sacred that whoso ventured to mock them or make fun of their work, could not afterward enter any respectable house, even by the back door.
How true were his words, and how wise! How fortunate it would have been for me if I had heeded them.

But I was young, I was but seven years of age, and vain, foolish, and anxious to attract attention.

I wrote the biography, and have never been in a respectable house since..