Lead the reader toward the thought, then stop a little short.
A real idea keeps changing and appears in many places.
Great men wait for the right moment to abandon caution. The rest of us abandon it when impatience becomes too much for us.
The lion cares less about being king of the beasts than about finding his dinner.
When love and adventure are finished, it's nice to have getting and spending to fall back on.
The eye deals with excess more easily than the stomach does.