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

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

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

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

To walk around with an ego is a bad thing. To have confidence in yourself is a great thing.

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

Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind.

Great minds discuss ideas average minds discuss events small minds discuss people.

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.