I owe no duty to the forum, the election ground or the senate; I am … no barking pleader, no judge, no soldier, no king; I have withdrawn from the populace. My only business is with myself. I have no care save not to care. The better life you would more enjoy in seclusion than in publicity. But you will decry me as indolent. … None is born for another, being destined to die for himself.
