I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I read more

I claim to be a simple individual liable to err like any other fellow mortal. I own, however, that I have humility enough to confess my errors and to retrace my steps.

O be very sure
That no man will learn anything at all,
Unless he first will learn read more

O be very sure
That no man will learn anything at all,
Unless he first will learn humility.

Don't be so humble--you are not that great.

Don't be so humble--you are not that great.

Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows.

Humility is like underwear; essential, but indecent if it shows.

I was not born for Courts or great affairs;
I pay my debts, believe, and say my pray'rs.

I was not born for Courts or great affairs;
I pay my debts, believe, and say my pray'rs.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

Humility, that low, sweet root,
From which all heavenly virtues shoot.

Humility, that low, sweet root,
From which all heavenly virtues shoot.

We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of
ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, read more

We are ashamed of everything that is real about us; ashamed of
ourselves, of our relatives, of our incomes, of our accents, of
our opinions, of our experience, just as we are ashamed of our
naked skins.