But can a ship-builder build his ship single-handed, or the watchmaker make his watch without assistance?
On former occasions such as this, I could say, with little or no help from without, whether I would or would not undertake the work that was proposed to me, because I had only a bit of the ship to build, or a wheel of the watch to make.

My own efficacy for my present task depends entirely on the co-operation of others, and unfortunately upon that of some others with whom I have no sympathy, nor have they with me." "Leave them out," said the Duchess boldly.
"But they are men who will not be left out, and whose services the country has a right to expect." "Then bring them in, and think no more about it.

It is no good crying for pain that cannot be cured." "Co-operation is difficult without community of feeling.

I find myself to be too stubborn-hearted for the place.

It was nothing to me to sit in the same Cabinet with a man I disliked when I had not put him there myself.