The first article that a young trader offers for 5 sale is his honesty. Pr.
The first, as indeed the last, nobility of education is in the rule over our thoughts. Ruskin.
The first breath / Is the beginning of death. Pr.
The first business of the philosopher is to part with self-conceit. Epictetus.
The first condition of education is being put to wholesome and useful work. Ruskin.
The first condition of goodness is something to 10 love; the second, something to reverence. George Eliot.
The first creation of God in the works of the days was the light of the sense; the last was the light of the reason; and his Sabbath-work ever since is the illumination of the spirit. Bacon.
The first day a man is a guest, the second a burden, the third a pest. Laboulaye.
The first days of spring have less grace than the growing virtue of a young man. Vauvenargues.
The first duty of a man is that of subduing fear; he must get rid of fear; he cannot act at all till then; his acts are slavish, not true. Carlyle.