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| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
| NUMBER: | 7357 |
| AUTHOR: | James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) |
| QUOTATION: | The wisest man could ask no more of Fate Than to be simple, modest, manly, true, Safe from the Many—honored by the Few; To count as naught in World or Church or State; But inwardly in secret to be great. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Sonnet. Jeffries Wyman. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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