Time is a great story teller. Two shorten the road. Two thirds of the work is the semblance. Walk straight, my son - as the old crab said to the young crab. When a twig grows hard it is difficult to twist it.
Every beginning is weak.
When fire is applied to a stone it cracks. When the apple is ripe it will fall. When the liquor was gone the fun was gone. Wine divulges truth. You cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.