If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.
When the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box.
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design…
There could be no honor in a sure success, but much might be wrested from a sure defeat.