Great towns are but a large sort of prison to the soul, like cages to birds or pounds to beasts. Charron.
Great warmth at first is the certain ruin of every great achievement. Doth not water, although ever so cool, moisten the earth? Hitopadesa.
Great warriors, like great earthquakes, are principally remembered for the mischief they have done. Bovee.
Great wealth, great care. Dut. Pr. 25
Great wits are sure to madness near allied, / And thin partitions do their bounds divide. Dryden.
Great wits to madness nearly are allied; / Both serve to make our poverty our pride. Emerson.
Great women belong to history and to self-sacrifice. Leigh Hunt.
Great works are performed, not by strength, but by perseverance. Johnson.
Great writers and orators are commonly economists 30 in the use of words. Whipple.
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Jesus.