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

Most people say that it is the intellect which makes a great scientist. They are wrong: it is character.

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

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

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

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

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

A little thought and a little kindness are often worth more than a great deal of money.

My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.

I believe in the fundamental truth of all great religions of the world.