Take anything and everything seriously except yourselves.
People who fail to regard the truth seriously in small matters, cannot be trusted in matters that are great.[Wer es in kleinen Dingen mit der Wahrheit nicht ernst nimmt, dem kann man auch in grossen Dingen nicht vertrauen.]
Once you begin to take yourself seriously as a leader or as a follower, as a modern or as a conservative, then you become a self-conscious, biting, and scratching little animal whose work is not of the slightest value or importance to anybody.
He who is not just is severe, he who is not wise is sad.
