To learn one must be humble.
They might not need me – yet they might – I’ll let my Head be just in sight – A smile as small as mine might be Precisely their necessity –
There’s not a note of mine that’s worth the noting.
There is nothing more humiliating than seeing fools succeed where one has failed oneself.[Rien n’est humiliant comme de voir les sots réussir dans les entreprises où l’on échoue.]
There are two things that men should never weary of, goodness and humility; we get none too much of them in this rough world and among cold, proud people.
The surest way to be outwitted is to suppose yourself sharper than others.[Le vrai moyen d’être trompé, c’est de se croire plus fin que les autres.]
The man who thinks he can do without the world is indeed mistaken; but the man who thinks the world cannot do without him is mistaken even worse.[Celui qui croit pouvoir trouver en soi-même de quoi se passer de tout le monde se trompe fort; mais celui qui croit qu’on ne peut se passer de lui se trompe encore davantage.]
The listener hears no good of himself.
One should not sing one’s own praises.
One must have consideration for those less gifted than oneself.
No man is more frequently in error than he who cannot bear to be wrong.[Il n’y a point de gens qui aient plus souvent tort que ceux qui ne peuvent souffrir d’en avoir.]
My pride fell with my fortunes.
