I know how to be abased, and I know also how to abound: in everything and in all things have I learned the secret both to be filled and to be hungry, both to abound and to be in want.

It is the same to me if I am looked down on or honoured; everywhere and in all things I have the secret of how to be full and how to go without food; how to have wealth and how to be in need.

Εξευρω να ταπεινονωμαι, εξευρω και να περισσευωμαι· εν παντι τοπω και κατα παντα ειμαι δεδιδαγμενος και να χορταζωμαι και να πεινω, και να περισσευωμαι και να υστερωμαι·

I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.