Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.

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

One sees great things from the valley only small things from the peak.

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

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune but great minds rise above them.

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

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

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.

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