He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.Quote by Francis Bacon about obstacles, wealth, wife, virtue, children
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about mediocrity, end, man
Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them.Quote by Samuel Johnson about unforeseen, power