You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.

You began better than you have finished; the last act is not
equal to the first.

In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?

In strife who inquires whether stratagem or courage was used?

We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.

We but teach
Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return
To plague the inventor.

With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy read more

With diadem and sceptre high advanced,
The lower still I fall; only supreme
In misery; such joy ambition finds.

Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.

Always keep your hook in the water: where you least expect one,
the fish will be found.

He who is first in time has the prior right.

He who is first in time has the prior right.

Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.

Nothing is so difficult but that man will accomplish it.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

Every man can master a grief but he that has it.

Every man can master a grief but he that has it.