Memory says, 'I did that.' Pride replies, 'I could not have done that.' Eventually, memory yields.

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

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

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

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

There are four powers: memory and intellect, desire and covetousness. The two first are mental and the others sensual. The three senses sight, hearing, and smell cannot well be prevented; touch and taste not at all.