Quote by Laurence Sterne
So long as a man rides his Hobby-Horse peaceably and quietly along

So long as a man rides his Hobby-Horse peaceably and quietly along the Kings highway, and neither compels you or me to get up behind him — pray, Sir, what have either you or I to do with it? – Laurence Sterne

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