《韩非子·外储说右下》
所以说只能自己依靠自己，不能依靠别人。 公仪休担任鲁相。他爱吃鱼，全国的人都争相买鱼进献给他。公仪休不收，他弟弟规劝说： 您爱吃鱼，却不收鱼，为什么？ 
公仪休相鲁而嗜鱼，一国尽争买鱼而献之，公议子不受。其弟谏曰： 夫子嗜鱼而不受者，何也？ 
Therefore, you can only rely on yourself, not on others. Gongyixiu served as the prime minister of Lu. He loved to eat fish. People all over the country competed to buy fish and offer it to him. Gongyixiu did not accept it. His younger brother advised him: You love to eat fish, but you don't accept fish. Why?