Aphorisms for a Comic Book Universe

[robkelk]

From post #12 of the parent thread:

For want of a spider, the hero was lost.

(EDIT: As a side-note, some of these look more like rules of thumb for a superhero universe than aphorisms. Ah, well, still fun.)

So, can we turn any of these into aphorisms?
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012