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

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

There is no pain so great as the memory of joy in present grief.

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

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together.

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

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

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

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.