He is a foolish swimmer who swims against the stream, when he might take the current sideways.
Either do not attempt at all or go through with it.
That fair face will as years roll on lose its beauty, and old age will bring its wrinkles to the brow.
What is deservedly suffered must be borne with calmness, but when the pain is unmerited, the grief is resistless.
A soldier when aged is not appreciated; the love of an old man sickens.
Pursuits become habits.