“I am swimming in dishonor like a fish in water”

“Human nature is above all things lazy”

“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!”

“The weak in courage is strong in cunning”

“The man, most man, works best for men: and, if most man indeed, he gets his manhood plainest from his soul”