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...
Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.
