What does not hurt the city itself cannot hurt any citizen. Remember this rule when you feel wronged. If the whole city is not hurt by this, then neither am I. And if the whole is not damaged, why should I take it personally? Think instead about where the person who seems to have wronged you might be mistaken.
That which doth not hurt the city itself; cannot hurt any citizen. This rule thou must remember to apply and make use of upon every conceit and apprehension of wrong. If the whole city be not hurt by this, neither am I certainly. And if the whole be not, why should I make it my private grievance? consider rather what it is wherein he is overseen that is thought to have done the wrong.