Commencing with the invocation of God, Augustin relates in detail the beginning of his life, his infancy and boyhood, up to his fifteenth year; at which age he acknowledges that he was more inclined to all youthful pleasures and vices than to the study of letters.

NPNF1-01. The Confessions and Letters of St. Augustine, with a Sketch of his Life and Work — translated by ANF/NPNF editors