I, that have been laughable to the maids of the hotels;
And I, who have shamed myself financially, borrowing and not paying back;
I, that when the time of the punch has come, have dodged
Out of the possibility of the punch;
And I, that have suffered the anguish of the small little ridiculous things,
Have verified not to have a fellow in it all in this world.
All the people that I know and that speak to me
Never have had a ridiculous act, never have suffered a slight,
Never have been elsewise than a prince, all of them princes, in life.
- Fernando Pessoa, Poema em Linha Reta