When we take people merely as they are, we make them worse; when we treat them as if they were what they should be, we improve them as far as they can be improved. Goethe.
When whins are out of bloom, kissing is out of fashion. Pr.
When wine is in, nature comes out. George Meredith.
When words are scarce they're seldom spent in vain, / For they breathe truth that breathe their words in pain. Rich. II., ii. 1.
When words end, music begins; when they 45 suggest, it realises. Haweis.
When worthy men fall out, only one of them may be faulty at the first; but if strife continue long, commonly both become guilty. Fuller.
When you are all agreed upon the time, quoth the vicar, I'll make it rain. Pr.
When you are compelled to choose between two hated evils, look both full in the face, and choose that which least hampers the spirit and fetters pious deeds. Goethe.
When you are down, poverty, like snowshoes, keeps your feet fast and prevents your rising. Amer. Pr.
When you are in doubt abstain. Zoroaster.