To gain a crown by fighting is great, to reject it divine.

It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.

Great souls suffer in silence.

Mankind is made great or little by its own will.

Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.

Utility is the great idol of the age, to which all powers must do service and all talents swear allegiance.