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

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

When every one is in the wrong, every one is in the right.
[Fr., Quand tout le monte a read more

When every one is in the wrong, every one is in the right.
[Fr., Quand tout le monte a tort, tout le monde a raison.]

When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.

When we become aware of our humility, we've lost it.

Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow;
He who would search for pearls, must dive below.

Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow;
He who would search for pearls, must dive below.

Nearest the throne itself must be
The footstool of humility.

Nearest the throne itself must be
The footstool of humility.

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.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.

You know more than you think you know, just as you know less than you want to know.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

Errors are not in the art but in the artificers.

I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going . . . let the
other be where read more

I am well aware that I am the 'umblest person going . . . let the
other be where he may.