“Round thoughts which owe their birth, To thee, and to the humble spot, Where chance has fixed thy lowly lot.”

Obstinacy and vehemency in opinion are the surest proofs of stupidity.

Welcome, wild harbinger of spring! To this small nook of earth; Feeling and fancy fondly cling.

That thorny path, those stormy skies, have drawn our spirits nearer; and rendered us, by sorrow’s ties, each to the other dearer.

I was a bright boy and I ought to make something out of myself… something else that would be a cut or two above my humble origins.

My mother had very humble beginnings – to put it mildly. Her dad built their home out of timber that he cut down on their land. No heat, no air-conditioning – ‘no foolishness,’ as he would call it.

We’ll go where the air is pure, where all sounds are soothing, where, no matter how proud one may be, one feels humble and finds oneself small- in short, we’ll go to the sea. I love the sea as one loves a mistress and I long for her when I haven’t seen her for some time

I hate when I hear bad things about him, because anyone who knows him would agree that he’s a good guy and really humble.

One may be humble out of pride.

I set forth a humble and inglorious life; that does not matter. You can tie up all moral philosophy with a common and private life just as well as with a life of richer stuff. Each man bears the entire form of man’s estate.

I think the Polynesian people and the gospel are in harmony. We’re very respectful people, and very humble people… and I try and let that shine through as much as possible.

To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.