Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

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

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

Unless you choose to do great things with it, it makes no difference how much you are rewarded, or how much power you have.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his future by merely changing his attitude.

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

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

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

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