There never was a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

To be great is to be misunderstood.

I have great faith in fools self-confidence my friends call it.

It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.