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

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

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

True happiness is... to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.

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