Hope is brightest when it dawns from fears.
Credit is like a looking-glass, which when once sullied by a breath, may be wiped clear again; but if once cracked can never be repaired.
Tell that to the marines - the sailors won't believe it.
There is a southern proverb - fine words butter no parsnips.
Spangling the wave with lights as vain As pleasures in the vale of pain, That dazzle as they fade.
One crowded hour of glorious life is worth an age without a name