As every man is hunted by his own daemon, vexed by his own disease, this checks all his activity.
Source: The Conduct of Life, Fate, 1860.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson, (May 25 1803-1882), US philosopher, poet, essayist; He was the main spokesman of his time for moral optimism and belief in the individual: Self-Reliance, 1844.