I am a man, and nothing that concerns a man do I deem a matter of indifference to me.
Without money honor is merely a disease.
Small crimes always precede great crimes. Whoever has been able to transgress the limits set by law may afterwards violate the most sacred rights; crime, like virtue, has its degrees, and never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.
Honor, without money, is a mere malady.
This innocence begins to weigh me down.
Do you think you can be righteous and holy with impunity?