It Is Easier To Begin Well Than

For I Know That Many Good Things Have Happened To Many, When Least Expected; And That Many Hopes Have Been Disappointed.

You Will Not Be A Chip The Richer.

The Gods Confound The Man Who First Found Out How To Distinguish Hours! Confound Him, Too, Who In This Place Set Up A Sun-dial, To Cut And Hack My Days So Wretchedly Into Small Portions.

Fortune Moulds And Circumscribes Human Affairs As She Pleases. [lat., Fortuna Humana Fingit Artatque Ut Lubet.]

Let Us Celebrate The Occasion With Wine And Sweet Words.