Look at everyone, from the poorest to the richest. This man is calling friends to help him. That one is in court. Another is being sued. Someone else is arguing his case. Another sits on the jury. But no one claims time for himself. Everyone wastes their time on someone else. Look at the famous people whose names are always in the news. You'll see they have the same problem. Person A devotes himself to Person B, and Person B devotes himself to Person C. No one belongs to himself. And some people get furious about the stupidest things. They complain that their bosses were rude because they wouldn't grant them a meeting when they wanted one.
Look through all these, from the lowest to the highest:—this man calls his friends to support him, this one is present in court, this one is the defendant, this one pleads for him, this one is on the jury: but no one lays claim to his own self, every one wastes his time over some one else. Investigate those men, whose names are in every one's mouth: you will find that they bear just the same marks: A is devoted to B, and B to C: no one belongs to himself. Moreover some men are full of most irrational anger: they complain of the insolence of their chiefs, because they have not granted them an audience when they wished for it;