And when statesman or others worry [the scientist] too much, then he should leave with his possessions.
Source: In Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Quotations, ed. Jason Shulman & Isaac Asimov, 1988.
-- Tycho Brahe, (Dec 14 1546-1601), Danish astronomer; He recorded the first exploding star seen in Europe and coined the term nova.