Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

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

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them.

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

It is not enough to have great qualities We should also have the management of them.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.