Quamlibet saepe obligati, si quid unum neges, hoc solum meminerunt quod negatum est. - Pliny the Younger

There is certainly no truth in the popular belief, that a man's will is the mirror of his character.

Neque enim minus apud nos honestas quam apud alios necessitas valet.

To all this, his illustrious mind reflects the noblest ornament; he places no part of his happiness in ostentation, but refers the whole of it to conscience; and seeks the reward of a virtuous action, not in the applauses of the world, but in the action itself.