The only man I know who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measurements anew each time he sees me. The rest go on with their old measurements and expect me to fit them. – George Bernard Shaw

Yield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield. – Aesop, “The Man and His Two Wives,” Fables

A man must consider what a rich realm he abdicates when he becomes a conformist. – Ralph Waldo Emerson