“It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great
“When a man is treated like a beast, he says, 'After all, I'm human.' When he behaves like a beast, he says 'After all, I'm only human.'
“We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.
“An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards