Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.

Greatness consists in trying to be great. There is no other way.

The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.

The bigger they are, the further they have to fall.

Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal read more

Nothing can cover his high fame but Heaven;
No pyramids set off his memories,
But the eternal substance of his greatness,--
To which I leave him.

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great
occasions.

A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great
occasions.

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.

The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing
that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.

The great man who thinks greatly of himself, is not diminishing
that greatness in heaping fuel on his fire.

Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.

Ajax the great . . .
Himself a host.

Greatnesse on goodnesse loves to slide, not stand,
And leaves, for fortune's ice, vertue's firme land.

Greatnesse on goodnesse loves to slide, not stand,
And leaves, for fortune's ice, vertue's firme land.

For he that once is good, is ever great.

For he that once is good, is ever great.