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The weak in courage is strong in cunning

I am speaking now of the highest duty we owe our friends, the noblest, the most sacred - that of keeping their own nobleness, goodness, pure and incorrupt

Best be yourself, imperial, plain and true!

Human nature is above all things lazy

I am swimming in dishonor like a fish in water

There are in every man, at every hour, two simultaneous postulations, one towards God, the other towards Satan