"The man who intends to make his fortune in this ancient capital of the world must be a chameleon susceptible of reflecting the colors of the atmosphere that surronds him..He must be supple, flexible, insinuating, close, iscrutable, often base, sometimes sincere, sometimes perfidious, always concealing a part of his knowledge, indulging in but one tone of voice, paient, a perfect master of his countenance, as cold as ice when any other man would be all fire...."