A bettre preest I trowe that nowher noon ys.
He waitede after no pompe and reverence,
Ne maked him a spiced conscience;
But Cristes loore and his apostles twelve
He taughte, but first he folwed it hymselve.
– Geoffrey Chaucer
The Canterbury Tales, General Prologue. The Narrator believes there there is no better priest anywhere than the Parson. Leading a humble life without pomp or ceremony, he practices what he preaches. First he follows the teaching of Christ and the apostles, and then teaches it to others.