No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it's his own.
Whom the dawn sees proud, evening sees prostrate.
A dwarf is small even if he stands on a mountain; a colossus keeps his height, even if he stands in a well.
His head was turned by too great success.
Life is never incomplete if it is an honorable one. At whatever point you leave life, if you leave it in the right way, it is whole.
It is proof of a bad cause when it is applauded by the mob.