There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.

It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess.

It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.

It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.

A great mind becomes a great fortune.

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in a firmness of mind and mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as talk; and to make our actions and words all of a color.