The Gnat and the Bull
A Gnat alighted on one of the horns of a Bull, and remained
sitting there for a considerable time. When it had rested
sufficiently and was about to fly away, it said to the Bull, "Do
you mind if I go now?" The Bull merely raised his eyes and
remarked, without interest, "It's all one to me; I didn't notice
when you came, and I shan't know when you go away."
— We may often be of more consequence in our own
eyes than in the eyes of our neighbours.