Greatness is great power, producing great effects. It is not enough that a man has great power in himself, he must shew it to all the world in a way that cannot be hid or gainsaid.
The player envies only the player, the poet envies only the poet.
No act terminating in itself constitutes greatness.
The ignorance of the world leaves one at the mercy of its malice.
Envy is littleness of soul.
Those who have the largest hearts have the soundest understandings; and they are the truest philosophers who can forget themselves.