You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders.Desmond Tutu
If fame belonged to me, I could not escape her; if she did not, the longest day would pass me on the chase, and the approbation of my dog would forsake me then. My barefoot rank is better.Emily Dickinson
I had no portrait, now, but am small, like the wren; and my hair is bold, like the chestnut bur; and my eyes, like the sherry in the glass, that the guest leaves.Emily Dickinson
I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.Robert Frost
Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has.René Descartes
