I will tell you the truth, my friend, even if it cuts me to the heart.

You have not kept your judgment in hand; you have gone ahead like a bull at a gate; and you pay the price.

You listen to those who flatter, and on those who would go through fire and water for you, you turn your back--on those who would help you in your hour of trouble, in your dark day." Jean Jacques drew himself up with a gesture, impatient, masterful and forbidding.

"I have fought my fight alone in the dark day; I have not asked for any one's help," he answered.

"I have wept on no man's shoulder.