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

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

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

Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

If you listen to your fears, you will die never knowing what a great person you might have been.

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

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

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

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