“The hasty stroke oft goes astray.”
“]sing to usthe one with violets in her lap]mostly]goes astray”
“He whose (desires) are few gets them; he whose (desires) are many goes astray.”
“For there is no friend like a sisterIn calm or stormy weather; To cheer one on the tedious way, To fetch one if one goes astray,To lift one if one totters down, To strengthen whilst one stands”
“Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest, and despair most fits.”
“Things most oft bad begun most oft get worse, as a wise man once said.”