Assuming he carries himself with humility and respects other scholars (perhaps to avoid [Yevamos 62b][1]) he may want to employ this similar Talmudic adage.

[Yerushalmi, Kesubos 2b][2] (1.1)

> אמר רבי אלכסנדרי מיכן שאין קטן רשאי לישב עד שיאמר לו הגדול שב

>Rabbi Alexandri says that a smaller person may not sit until a bigger person gives him permission to do so. [Based on he verse in [Rus 4:2][3], וַיִּקַּ֞ח עֲשָׂרָ֧ה אֲנָשִׁ֛ים מִזִּקְנֵ֥י הָעִ֖יר וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שְׁבוּ־פֹ֑ה וַיֵּשֵֽׁבוּ׃
Then [Boaz] took ten elders of the town and said, “Be seated here”; and they sat down.



[[Rus Rabbah:][4]]
> וַיִּקַּח עֲשָׂרָה אֲנָשִׁים מִזִּקְנֵי הָעִיר וגו' (רות ד, ד), אָמַר רַבִּי אֲלֶכְּסַנְדְּרִי מִיכָּן שֶׁאֵין רְשׁוּת לַקָּטָן לֵישֵׁב עַד שֶׁיִּתֵּן לוֹ הַגָּדוֹל רְשׁוּת.

>"Then [Boaz] took ten elders of the town and said, “Be seated here”; and they sat down. (Ruth 4:2)". Rabbi Alexander said: "From here it is that there is no power for the subordinate to sit until the greater authority gives it to him."


  [1]: https://www.sefaria.org/Yevamot.62b.9
  [2]: http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=14140&st=&pgnum=219
  [3]: https://www.sefaria.org/Ruth.4.2
  [4]: https://www.sefaria.org/Ruth_Rabbah.7.8