A simile is just a metaphor with the scaffolding still up.
Aphorisms are literature's hand luggage. Light and compact, they fit easily into the overhead compartment of your brain.
You only really discover the strength of your spine when your back is against the wall.
Advice is given freely because so much of it is worthless.
In the margin for error lies all our room for maneuver.
Heroism often results as a response to extreme events.