I hav larn’t one thing, bi grate experience, and that iz, I want as much watching az mi nabors do.
 
[I have learned one thing, by great experience, and that is, I want as much watching as my neighbors do.]

Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]

Everybody’s Friend, Or; Josh Billing’s Encyclopedia and Proverbial Philosophy of Wit and Humor, ch. 155 “Affurisms: Ink Lings” (1874)
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In H. Montague, ed., Wit and Wisdom of Josh Billings (1913), this is given:

I've learned one thing from experience -- that I'll bear watching about as much as some of my neighbors.