Who's started has half finished.
Virtue lies half way between two opposite vices.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant.
Let every man find pleasure in practising the profession he has learnt.
Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.
Let not a god interfere unless where a god's assistance is necessary. [Adopt extreme measures only in extreme cases.]