"I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine: Every man for himself and God for us all."
- Miguel de Cervantes
"Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants and to serve them one's self?"
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Voyager upon life's sea: - To yourself be true And whate'er your lot may be Paddle your own canoe."
- Edward P. Philpots
"I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself than to be crowded on a velvet cushion."
- Henry David Thoreau