The Sea Is Certainly Common

It Is Easier To Begin Well Than To Finish Well.

To Ask That Which Is Unjust At The Hands Of The Just, Is An Injustice In Itself; To Expect That Which Is Just From The Unjust, Is Simple Folly.

To Waste One's Breath; To Pump Into A Sieve.

Keep What You Have Got; The Known Evil Is Best. [lat., Habeas Ut Nactus; Nota Mala Res Optima Est.]

In Everything The Middle Course Is The Best; Everything In Excess Brings Trouble.