“All things are difficult before they are easy.”

“... One that would have the fruit must climb the tree... Great hopes make great men... Tis skill, not strength, that governs a ship... All things are difficult before they are easy.... ”

“It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.”

“Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.”

“Good clothes open all doors.”

“He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.”

“Serving one's own passions is the greatest slavery.”