“Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than to outrun exposer. the fearful are caught as often as the bold.”
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.”
“Safer to be feared than loved.”
“It is safer to be feared than loved”
“It is often safer to be in chains than to be free.”
“He'd done as he'd pleased and even had often enjoyed long runs of luck where he hadn't been caught. But the luckiest moment of his life had been being caught.”