273
There is no greater consolation for mediocrity than that the genius is not immortal.
274
The greatest men are linked to their age by some weak point.
275
We generally take men to be more dangerous than they are.
276
Fools and wise folk are alike harmless. It is the half-wise, and the half-foolish, who are the most dangerous.
277
To see a difficult thing lightly handled gives us the impression of the impossible.
278
Difficulties increase the nearer we come to our aim.
279
Sowing is not so painful as reaping.
280
We are fond of looking to the future, because our secret wishes make us apt to turn in our favour the uncertainties which move about in it hither and thither.