From sublime to ridiculousness there is only one step.

From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step.

There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

I have only one counsel for you / be master.

Someone says, "Boys will be boys"; he forgot to add, "Boys will be men

Do you know what astonished me most in the world? The inability of force to create anything. In the long run, the sword is always beaten by the spirit.