Great revolutions, whatever may be their causes, are not lightly commenced, and are not concluded with precipitation. Disraeli.
Great souls are always royally submissive, reverent to what is over them; only small, mean souls are otherwise. Carlyle.
Great souls are not cast down by adversity. Pr.
Great souls are not those which have less 5 passion and more virtue than common souls, but only those which have greater designs. La Roche.
Great souls attract sorrows as mountains do storms. But the thunder-clouds break upon them, and they thus form a shelter for the plains around. Jean Paul.
Great souls care only for what is great. Amiel.
Great souls endure in silence. Schiller.
Great souls forgive not injuries till time has put their enemies within their power, that they may show forgiveness is their own. Dryden.
Great spirits and great business do keep out 10 this weak passion (love). Bacon.
Great talents are rare, and they rarely recognise themselves. Goethe.