I take things like honor and loyalty seriously. It's more important to me than any materialistic thing or any fame I could have.
Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.
I have discovered the art of deceiving diplomats. I tell them the truth and they never believe me.