The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.

To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.

All great and beautiful work has come of first gazing without shrinking into the darkness.

A great part of courage is the courage of having done the thing before.

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just to share your riches but to reveal to him his own.

That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.