Seeking is all very well, but holding requires greater talent: Seeking involves some luck; now the demand is for skill.
Tempus fugit (time flies).
If he should love deny him what he loves!
The end doesn't justify the means.
Few love what they may have.
Cunning leads to knavery. It is but a step from one to the other, and that very slippery. Only lying makes the difference; add that to cunning, and it is knavery.