A popular man arouses the jealousy of the powerful.
It's easier to be terrified by an enemy you admire.
Most men go through life unchallenged, except at the final moment.
My father once told me that respect for truth comes close to being the basis for all morality. 'Something cannot emerge from nothing,' he said. This is profound thinking if you understand how unstable 'the truth' can be.
The beginning of knowledge is the discovery of something we do not understand.
Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve.