On the neck of the young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise. Hafiz.
On the pinnacle of fortune man does not stand long firm. Goethe.
On the sea sail, on the land settle. Pr.
On the soft bed of luxury most kingdoms have 15 expired. Young.
On the stage man should stand a step higher than in life. Börne.
On this account is the Bible a book of eternally effective power, because, as long as the world lasts, no one will step forward and say: I comprehend it in the whole and understand it in the particular; but we modestly say: In the whole it is venerable, and in the particular practicable (anwendbar). Goethe.
On veut avoir ce qu'on n'a pas, / Et ce qu'on a cesse de de plaire—We wish to have what we have not, and what we have ceases to please. Monvel.
On voit mourir et renaître les roses; il n'en est pas ainsi de nos beaux jours—We see roses die and revive again; it is not so with our fine days. Charleval.
On wrong / Swift vengeance waits; and art 20 subdues the strong. Pope.
Once a knave, always a knave. Pr.