They can expect nothing but their labor for their pains. - Cervantes
Necessity urges desperate measures.
I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine; every man for himself, and God for us all.
Tis the only comfort of the miserable to have partners in their woes.
You are a king by your own fireside, as much as any monarch in his throne.
He who gives early gives twice.