"We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us." — John Locke

Human nature is above all things lazy

The weak in courage is strong in cunning

Best be yourself, imperial, plain and true!

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

What makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of soul that brings life within the circle of the heroic

Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm

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