Greatness of name in the father oft-times overwhelms the son; they stand too near one another. The shadow kills the growth: so much, that we see the grandchild come more and oftener to be heir of the first.

They say princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom.

Though the most be players, some must be spectators.

I loved the man [Shakespeare] and do honor his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any.

I am a wife-made man

'It was the family tradition. I wanted to live up to the name-McNair.'

All great human deeds both consume and transform their doers. Consider an athlete, or a scientist, or an artist, or an independent business creator. In the ser…