The best laid schemes o` Mice an` Men, Gang aft agley, An` lea`e us nought but grief an` pain, For promis`d joy! (The best laid schemes of Mice and Men oft go awry, And leave us nothing but grief and pain, For promised joy!)
- Robert BurnsBut I can tell - let truth be told - That love will change in growing old; Though day by day is nought to see, So delicate his motions be.
- Robert BridgesDreams surely are difficult, confusing, and not everything in them is brought to pass for mankind. For fleeting dreams have two gates: one is fashioned of horn and one of ivory. Those which pass through the one of sawn ivory are deceptive, bringing tidings which come to nought, but those which issue from the one of polished horn bring true results when a mortal sees them.
- Homer