What need we any spur but our own cause to prick us to redress?
These are my mates, that make their wills their law.[Also known as:]Lawless are they that make their wills their law.
Other people are quite dreadful. The only possible society is oneself.
I help those who can help themselves.
A man then must stand erect, not be kept erect by others.[ὀρθὸν οὖν εἶναι χρή, οὐχὶ ὀρθούμενον.]
A man has got the control of his own destiny right there in his own hands. A man who respects himself strikes out on his own and makes something of his life.
‘Tis an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers.
