I told him with freedom, I feared mostly their treachery and ill-usage of me, if I put my life in their hands; for that gratitude was no inherent virtue in the nature of man, nor did men always square their dealings by the obligations they had received so much as they did by the advantages they expected.
Le dije con franqueza que mi mayor preocupación era alguna traición o abusos por su parte si ponía mi vida en sus manos, ya que la gratitud no suele ser una virtud inherente a la naturaleza humana y los hombres suelen velar más por sus propios intereses que por sus obligaciones.