Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.

Thou beginnest better than thou endest.
The last is inferior to the first.
[Lat., Coepisti melius quam read more

Thou beginnest better than thou endest.
The last is inferior to the first.
[Lat., Coepisti melius quam desinis. Ultima primis cedunt.]

Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands
for the whole.
[Lat., Incipe quidquid read more

Begin whatever you have to do: the beginning of a work stands
for the whole.
[Lat., Incipe quidquid agas: pro toto est prima operis pars.]

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one
on which depends the rest read more

The first step, my son, which one makes in the world, is the one
on which depends the rest of our days.
[Fr., Le premier pas, mon fils, que l'on fait dans le monde,
Est celui dont depend le reste de nos jours.]

A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle and an end.

A whole is that which has a beginning, a middle and an end.

I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after read more

I am beginning to learn that it is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.

All glory comes from daring to begin.

All glory comes from daring to begin.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.

Everything that has a beginning comes to an end.