Let me live in my house by the side of the road,
  Where the race of men go by;
They are good, they are bad; they are weak, they are strong.
  Wise, foolish.—so am I;
Then why should I sit in the scorner's seat,
  Or hurl the cynic's ban?
Let me live in my house by the side of the road,
  And be a friend to man.
Sam Walter Foss, House by the Side of the Road.