Anne Brontë. Stranger from Wildfell Hall (№ 115376)

But no matter how little you valued the opinions of others, no matter how few respect them, however there is nothing pleasant about what you think the devil lies and hypocrisy and attribute to you something from which you turn away with disgust, and accused of vices is hateful to you; that your good intentions crumble, and his hands are tied; that you pour undeserved contempt, and you inadvertently cast a shadow on the principles that you preach.