“It is said that the darkest hour of the night comes just before the dawn.”
“All things are difficult before they are easy.”
“If an ass goes travelling, he'll not come home a horse.”
“... 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.... ”
“Serving one's own passions is the greatest slavery.”
“You gazed at the moon and fell in the gutter.”
“Admiration is the daughter of ignorance.”