I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.
To myself I am only a child playing on the beach while vast oceans of truth...
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence but sets off...
No person is your friend who demands your silence or denies your right to grow.
