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

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

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

Character, in great and little things, means carrying through what you feel able to do.

Dreams must be heeded and accepted. For a great many of them come true.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

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

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

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

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