Great men are but life-sized. Most of them, indeed, are rather short.
History does not repeat itself. The historians repeat one another.
The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.
The hospitable instinct is not wholly altruistic. There is pride and egoism mixed up with it.
Humility is a virtue, and it is a virtue innate in guests.
No fine work can be done without concentration and self-sacrifice and toil and doubt.