Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
Truth is for the minority.
Honorable beginnings should serve to awaken curiosity, not to heighten people's expectations. We are much better off when reality surpasses our expectations, and something turns out better than we thought it would.
Surfeits of happiness are fatal.
Fools rush in through the door; for folly is always bold.
Hope is a great falsifier of truth.