Set a stout heart to a stae brae —Scotch.
Set hard heart against hard hap.
Go about a difficult business resolutely; confront adversity with fortitude.
"Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito
Quam tua te fortuna sinit."
That you may not be easily discouraged, the French remind you that "One may go far after he is tired."[288]
He that tholes [endures] overcomes.—Scotch.
The toughest skin holds longest out.—Cumberland.
"He conquers who sticks in his saddle" (Italian).[289] "Hard pounding, gentlemen," said Wellington at Waterloo; "but we will see who will pound the longest." "Perseverance kills the game" (Spanish).[290]
Constant dropping wears the stone.[291]
A mouse in time may bite in two a cable.
"With time and straw medlars ripen" (French).[292] "With time a mulberry leaf becomes satin" (Chinese).