From early on in Augustine’s Soliloquies (translated by Kim Paffenroth):

Pray for good health and aid, so that you may accomplish what you desire; and put it in writing, so that your confidence may be increased by what you have done.  Then briefly summarize your discovery in a few short conclusions.  But you should not bother about attracting a lot of readers: this will be enough for a few of your fellow citizens.

I had not heard of Augustine’s Soliloquies until a few weeks ago.  It’s interesting to me that he wrote it soon after his conversion to Christianity.  As the book’s preface notes, there’s no where near as much Bible and theology in it (compared to his later works).  The book consists of two long dialogues between the writer and his Reason, which is much more the classical style than what is common today.  Hoping to finish the book before landing in Honolulu on New Year’s Day.