Treat them greatly and they will show themselves great.

Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great

Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he could be, and he will become what he should be.

Is it so bad, then, to be misunderstood? Pythagoras was misunderstood, and Socrates, and Jesus, and Luther, and Copernicus, and Galileo, and Newton, and every pure and wise spirit that ever took flesh. To be great is to be misunderstood.

The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.

He is great who is what he is from Nature, and who never reminds us of others.