Who was it who said, “He who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted?” People in positions of power and authority should bear the above admonition in mind. Many sayings remind the powerful that the situation they are in now is fleeting or temporary. One of them is in Latin: “Sic transit gloria mundi (Oh, how quickly the glory of the world passes away)!” I remember that saying very well, because it was a sign on the wall in the office of Brig. Pedro Gen. dela Paz, superintendent of the Western (Manila) Police District from 1978 to 1981. Dela Paz was a classmat…