“Little strokes fell great oaks.”

“Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.”

“Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.”

“The great secret of succeeding in conversation is to admire little, to hearmuch; always to distrust our own reason, and sometimes that of ourfriends; never to pretend to wit, but to make that of others appear as muchas possibly we can; to hearken.”

“Great beauty, great strength, and great riches are really and truly of no great use; a right heart exceeds all”

“A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the edges.”

“A small leak will sink a great ship.”