All is grist that comes to the mill.

All is grist that comes to the mill.

Bad beginnings, bad endings.

Bad beginnings, bad endings.

Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.

Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.

Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.

Yet gold all is not that doth golden seem.

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles read more

Gather ye rosebuds while ye may,
Old time is still a-flying;
And this same flower that smiles to-day,
To-morrow may be dying.

I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.

I strive to mould circumstances to myself, not myself to
circumstances.

A novice always behaves with propriety.

A novice always behaves with propriety.

The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.

The sweetest honey
Is loathsome in his own deliciousness
And in the taste confounds the appetite.

Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.

Those griefs burn most which gall in secret.