Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.

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

Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.

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

Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.

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

Pray that your loneliness may spur you into finding something to live for, great enough to die for.

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

Death comes to all, but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.

Enthusiasm is the mother of effort, and without it nothing great was ever achieved.