Be true to your work your word and your friend.
If it is surely the means to the highest end we know can any work be humble...
I loved my 17 years with R.E.M. but I'm ready to reflect assess and move on...
We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop.