Antoine Rivarol — French Journalist

Antoine de Rivarol was a Royalist French writer during the Revolutionary era. He was briefly married to the translator Louisa Henrietta de Rivarol... (wikipedia)

It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.
Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.
Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.
Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in fearing future.
Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity.