We set up harsh and unkind rules against ourselves. No one is born without faults. That man is best who has fewest.

Years, following years, steal something every day; At last they steal us from ourselves away.

There is need of brevity, that the thought may run on.

Half is done when the beginning is done.

An undertaking beset with danger.

Much is wanting to those who seek or covet much.

The work you are treating is one full of dangerous hazard, and you are treading over fires lurking beneath treacherous ashes.