When every man is his own end, all things will come to a bad end.
Blessed were those days, when every man thought himself rich and
fortunate by good success of the public wealth and glory. We want
public souls, we want them. I speak it with compassion: there is no
sin and abuse in the world that affects my thought so much. Every man
thinks, that he is a whole Commonwealth in his private family. _Omnes
quæ sua sunt quærunt._ All seek their own.[69]