Ordinarily men exercise their memory much more than their judgment.

The very first thing an executive must have is a fine memory. Of course it does not follow that a man with a fine memory is necessarily a fine executive. But if he has the memory he has the first qualification, and if he has not the memory nothing else matters.

Just as food eaten without appetite is a tedious nourishment, so does study without zeal damage the memory by not assimilating what it absorbs.

Those who, in debate, appeal to their qualifications, argue from memory, not from understanding.

Whoever in discussion adduces authority uses not intellect but rather memory.

Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory.