W.'s question: 'Would you consider yourself a man of ambition, a man of persistence, a man who will leave a legacy?' And then, 'Are you a man who has honoured philosophy, or dishonoured it?' Are you a man of wisdom, or a man of folly? Are you a man of sound judgement and discrimination, or a man of foolishness and panic?'

And then: 'What do you think is your best feature: your wit? Your grace? Your elegance?'