When all candles be out, all cats be grey.
— John Heywood
Many hands make light work.
Rome was not built in one day.
Those who agree with us may not be right, but we admire their astuteness.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.
The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, as sages in all times assert; The happy man's without a shirt.
A hard beginning maketh a good ending.
Wedding is destiny, and hanging likewise.
Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?
If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.