What consolation shall we receive under so biting a calamity as the ungrateful behaviour of our friend, when our wounded conscience at the same time flies in our face, and upbraids us with having spotted it in the service of one so worthless?

• 如果一方面是朋友对我们的忘恩负义，另一方面我们又受到良心的谴责，怪我们不该为这么个人而玷污它；在这样一种惨痛的折磨下，还有什么能够聊以自慰呢?