In a major matter no details are small.
There are no small steps in great affairs.
If you have to make an unpopular speech, give it all the sincerity you can muster; that's the only way to sweeten it.
Weak souls always set to work at the wrong time.
It's easier to fight one's enemies than to get on with one's friends.
She knew how to trust people... a rare quality, revealing a character far above average.