And last of all, to end a household strife,
It is the honey 'gainst a waspish wife."
"Patience, time, and money overcome everything" (Italian).[277] "He who does not tire, tires adversity" (French).[278] "A stout heart breaks ill luck" (Spanish).[279] "The remedy for hard times is to have patience" (Arab).
Blaw the wind ne'er sae fast, it will lown at the last.—Scotch.
After a storm comes a calm.
"After rain comes fine weather" (French).[280]
The longest day will have an end.
Time and the hour run through the longest day.
Be the day ne'er so long, at last comes even song.[281]
"The day will be long, but there will be an end to it,"[282] said Damiens of that dreadful day which was to witness his death by tortures which are the eternal disgrace of the French monarchy.
When one door shuts another opens.
When baffled in one direction a man of energy will not despair, but will find another way to his object.
There is more than one yew bow in Chester.
A' the keys of the country hang na in ae belt.—Scotch.