First must the dead letter of religion own itself dead, and drop piecemeal into dust, if the living spirit of religion, freed from its charnel-house, is to arise in us, new-born of heaven, and with new healing under its wings. Carlyle.
First resolutions are not always the wisest, but they are usually the most honest. Lessing.
First worship God; he that forgets to pray / Bids not himself good-morrow nor good day. T. Randolph.
Fishes live in the sea, ... as men do on land—the great ones eat up the little ones. Pericles, ii. 1.
Fit cito per multas præda petita manus—The spoil that is sought by many hands quickly accumulates. Ovid.
Fit erranti medicina confessio—Confession is as 5 healing medicine to him who has erred.
Fit fabricando faber—A smith becomes a smith by working at the forge. Pr.
Fit in dominatu servitus, in servitute dominatus—In the master there is the servant, and in the servant the master (lit. in masterhood is servanthood, in servanthood masterhood). Cic.
Fit scelus indulgens per nubila sæcula virtus—In times of trouble leniency becomes crime.
Fit the foot to the shoe, not the shoe to the foot. Port. Pr.