It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

The theoretical understanding of the world which is the aim of philosophy is not a matter of great practical importance to animals or to savages or even to most civilised men.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain.

Anoint v.: To grease a king or other great functionary already sufficiently slippery.

Life is made up not of great sacrifices or duties but of little things in which smiles and kindness and small obligations given habitually are what preserve the heart and secure comfort.

I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this.

In the United States I am a great success but I am not a celebrity.

There is no great genius without some touch of madness.

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men.

You need a little bit of insanity to do great things.

Why do you think the old stories tell of men who set out on great journeys to impress the gods? Because trying to impress people just isn't worth the time and effort.

It makes no difference how deeply seated may be the trouble how hopeless the outlook how muddled the tangle how great the mistake. A sufficient realization of love will dissolve it all.

It is not by muscle speed or physical dexterity that great things are achieved but by reflection force of character and judgment.

The herd seek out the great not for their sake but for their influence and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.