Great acts grow out of great occasions, and great occasions spring from great principles, working changes in society and tearing it up by the roots. Hazlitt.
Great ambition is the passion of a great character. He who is endowed with it may perform very good or very bad actions; all depends upon the principles which direct him. Napoleon.
Great art dwells in all that is beautiful; but false art omits or changes all that is ugly. Great art accepts Nature as she is, but directs the eyes and thoughts to what is most perfect in her; false art saves itself the trouble of direction by removing or altering whatever is objectionable. Ruskin.
Great attention to what is said and sweetness 10 of speech, a great degree of kindness and the appearance of awe, are always tokens of a man's attachment. Hitopadesa.
Great barkers are nae biters. Sc. Pr.
Great boast, small roast. Pr.
Great books are written for Christianity much oftener than great deeds are done for it. H. Mann.
Great causes are never tried on their merits; but the cause is reduced to particulars to suit the size of the partisans, and the contention is ever hottest on minor matters. Emerson.
Great countries are those that produce great 15 men. Disraeli.
Great cowardice is hidden by a bluster of daring. Lucan.