We pardon familiar vices.

A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.

The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.

The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

It is the practice of the multitude to bark at eminent men, as little dogs do at strangers.

The great blessings of mankind are within us and within our reach; but we shut our eyes, and, like people in the dark, we fall foul upon the very thing we search for, without finding it.

No man ever became wise by chance.