Half is done when the beginning is done.
Subdue your passion or it will subdue you.
The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet.
You must avoid sloth, that wicked siren.
A bad reader soon puts to flight both wise men and fools.
Think of the wonders uncorked by wine! It opens secrets, gives heart to our hopes, pushes the cowardly into battle, lifts the load from anxious minds, and evokes talents. Thanks to the bottle's prompting no one is lost for words, no one who's cramped by poverty fails to find release.