“No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.”

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

“A great man is always willing to be little.”

“Great men, great nations, have not been boasters and buffoons, but perceivers of the terror of life, and have manned themselves to face it.”

“the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.”

“It is not often the worst trait that occasions the loudest outcry. Men complain of their suffering and not of the crime.”

“A great man quotes bravely, and will not draw on his invention when his memory serves him with a word just as good.”