Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.

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

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

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

After climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.

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

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

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

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

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