Scarcely have I ever heard or read the introductory phrase, "I may say without vanity," but some striking and characteristic instance of vanity has immediately followed.
An Egg to day is better than a Hen to-morrow.
To cease to think creatively is to cease to live
But our great security lies, I think, in our growing strength.
He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book.
Everybody's human-everybody makes mistakes. If you laugh it off and keep going and try to give it your best the next time around, people respect that.