In an easy cause anyone can be eloquent; the slightest strength is enough to break what is already shattered.
Pleasure is sweetest when 'tis paid for by another's pain.
If you are not ready today, you will be even less so tomorrow.
The prayers of cowards fortune spurns.
Keep thy hook always baited, for a fish lurks even in the most unlikely swim.
Meet the disorder in the outset, the medicine may be too late, when the disease has gained ground through delay.