Every drop of ink in my pen ran cold.
Who has begun has half done. Have the courage to be wise. Begin!
We often repent of our first thoughts, and scarce ever of our second.
I can forgive injuries, but never benefits.
Let the French but have England, and they won't want to conquer it.
[King René of Anjou (1409-80)] would not listen to the news of his son having lost the Kingdom of Naples, because he would not bedisturbed when painting a picture of a partridge.