Quotes: Self-Reliance.

Self-reliance      77            "He that relieth upon himself will be oppressed by others with offers of their service." Marquess of Halifax. Late 17^th century. Gross, ed. Oxford Book of Aphorisms.

Self-reliance      131          "Fortune soon tires of carrying anyone long on her shoulders." Gracián. 1647. Gross, ed. Oxford Book of Aphorisms.