[Jach]

Newton also said, "If others would think as hard as I did, then they would get similar results." This seems to be part of the attitude OP is taking, that if others want his best, most unique results, they should arrive at them independently. But then when someone did that with Newton (Leibniz), the resulting fallout "redounded to the discredit of all concerned." (Here is a nice summary of the beef: http://www.ams.org/notices/200905/rtx090500602p.pdf)

[gruseom]

I once looked and could not find any evidence that Newton said that. Since the quote is designed to sound good to modern ears, the attribution to Newton is probably bogus.