Nothing ever becomes real till experienced – even a proverb is no proverb until your life has illustrated it
John KeatsThere is an old saying "well begun is half done"-'tis a bad one. I would use instead-Not begun at all 'til half done.
John KeatsYou are always new. THe last of your kisses was ever the sweetest; the last smile the brightest; the last movement the gracefullest. When you pass'd my window home yesterday, I was fill'd with as much admiration as if I had then seen you for the first time...Even if you did not love me I could not help an entire devotion to you.
John Keats