The next way home's the farthest way about. - Francis Quarles

Let the greatest part of the news thou hearest be the least part of what thou believest, lest the greater part of what thou believest be the least part of what is true. Where lies are easily admitted the father of lies will not easily be excluded.

We spend our midday sweat, our midnight oil;
We tire the night in thought, the day in toil.

The way to bliss lies not on beds of down,
And he that has no cross deserves no crown.