He only is a great man who can neglect the applause of the multitude and enjoy himself independent of its favor.
There is no defense against reproach, but obscurity; it is a kind of concomitant to greatness.
It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age.
A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.
A contemplation of God's works, a generous concern for the good of mankind, and the unfeigned exercise of humility only, denominate men great and glorious.
When I read the several dates of the tombs, of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all the great truths which atheism would deny
The spacious firmament on high, / And all the blue ethereal sky, / And spangled heavens, a shining frame, / Their great Original proclaim.
Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves
Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have here below.
Music, the greatest good that mortals know, and all of heaven we have below.
A cloudy day, or a little sunshine, have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most real blessings or misfortunes