Arthur Conan Doyle, The Sign Of Four Quotes
The chief proof of man's real greatness lies in his perception of his own smallness.
No: I am not tired. I have a curious constitution. I never remember feeling tired by work, though idleness exhausts me completely." ~ Sherlock Holmes
How small we feel with our petty ambitions and strivings in the presence of the great elemental forces of Nature!
She was weak and helpless, shaken in mind and nerve. It was to take her at a disadvantage to obtrude love upon her at such a time.
Why should you, for a mere passing pleasure, risk the loss of those great powers with which you have been endowed?