"What is my status? Is that status secure? Do I have enemies? Do I have friends? Which of the two groups is more influential? Do I have a comfortable degree of economic security and (especially) of psychological autonomy and peace of mind? Does my social position allow me to feel respected and (perhaps more important) to feel self-respect?"

-Robert C. Evans, '"This Art Will Live":
Social and Literary Responses to
Ben Jonson's New Inn'