Seek not the favor of the multitude; it is seldom got by honest and lawful means. But seek the testimony of few; and number not voices, but weigh them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Only a fortunate few seek the Beloved. Only a blessed few seek to enter the shrine of the heart.
Be to their virtue very kind; be to their faults a little blind.
Hearest thou not how many things they witness against thee?
He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and favorable hearers.
Bring the army of the faithful through.
Exhort all your household often that all those who serve you shall know to serve God and you, faithfully and painstakingly, and for the will of God to prefer in all things to do your will and pleasure in all things that are not against God.
Say to all small and great, and that often, that fully, quickly and willingly, without grumbling and contradiction, they do all your commands that are not against God.
The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.
As to my followers, I wish no man to follow me who is not sound at the heart in the cause of his country; and either at the head or in the ranks of these, I will always consider it my glory to be found.
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.