"So when thou comest near to me, thou wilt not do me service?"
"Nay, but I will do it to myself; and if you will have me say that I do it to you also, I tell you that I do it as to my kitchen pot. (...) But when He (Zeus) will be Raingiver and Fruitgiver and Father of the Gods and men, thou seest that He may not do these works and have these titles, but He be servicable to the common good. And, on the whole, He hath so formed the nature of the reasoning creature that he may never win aught of his own good without he furnish something of service to the common good."
-- Epictetus, Know Thyself