There is an eternal antagonism of interest between the individual and the
world at large. The individual will not so much care how much he may
suffer in this world provided he can live in men’s good thoughts long
after he has left it. The world at large does not so much care how much
suffering the individual may either endure or cause in this life,
provided he will take himself clean away out of men’s thoughts, whether
for good or ill, when he has left it.